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2019 Southeast CAE Cybersecurity Forum

September 11 - 13, 2019
Pensacola, FL

Hosted by the Center for Cybersecurity at the University of West Florida, the NSA/DHS CAE Regional Resource Center for the Southeast U.S.


The forum will feature several workshops, networking and collaboration meetings:

  • Sept. 11: Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Workshop
  • Sept. 12: CAE Application Criteria and Knowledge Unit Mapping Workshop
  • Sept. 13: Southeast CAE Community Collaboration Meeting

Join us!

Faculty and administrators from CAE designated and candidate institutions across the U.S. may attend. Participants may attend events on any or all days.


Travel funding:

Limited travel funding (up to $550) is available to support one faculty per institution from CAE designated schools in the Southeast (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC, and PR). Faculty who complete the GRC workshop on Sept. 11 are eligible to receive an additional $200 stipend. To be eligible for funding, faculty must (1) register for the forum and be approved for travel funding by the organizers, (2) participate in at least one workshop / meeting, (3) not be receiving travel support for this event from any other NSA/CAE source, (4) be more than 50 miles from the workshop location and (5) complete all required registration and travel reimbursement forms. If you are approved for travel funding, you will be notified prior to the event.


Register and apply for a travel stipend.

Registration Deadline: September 2, 2019 

 

Lodging Options


Workshop Schedule

 

September 11, 2019
Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Workshop

 

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Studer Community Institute
220 W. Garden St., Pensacola, FL 32502

 

Dr. John Sands
Department Chair and Director, CSSIA, Moraine Valley Community College

This workshop is hosted in partnership with CyberWatch West (CWW) and the Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA). It will cover a series of twelve exercises focusing on Cybersecurity Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC). These materials and the workshop were developed in response to a national need for the cybersecurity technician workforce to be more knowledgeable and involved in the compliance process. The workshops will consist of hands-on labs, auditing activities and group projects. Participants who attend this workshop will be given access to a course shell, assessment items and a short capture the flag toolkit.

This workshop is designed for faculty who teach cybersecurity and information assurance programs and want to prepare cybersecurity program graduates for the Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) certification exam. Business leaders from across the nation have expressed this need repeatedly. Students performing audits for the PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard) compliance are required to have this certificate.

Faculty who complete this workshop are eligible to receive an additional $200 stipend.


September 12, 2019
CAE Application Criteria and Knowledge Unit Mapping Workshop

 

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Argo Athletic Club
11000 University Parkway, Bldg 54, Pensacola, FL 32514

 

Diane Barrett
Director, Department of Mathematics and Digital Sciences Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

This workshop is hosted in partnership with Whatcom Community College. It will cover the new CAE application criteria and process for designation and re-designation, and Knowledge Unit (KU) mapping. Faculty involved in the CAE application process or KU mapping as well as those serving as CAE application mentors or mentees are encouraged to attend. The workshop will also cover frequently asked questions and common pitfalls with the CAE criteria and KU mapping. If your institution is interested in becoming CAE designated but not yet in the CAE candidates’ program, you must complete the CAE program applicant checklist before attending. The CAE application checklist can be found at https://www.caecommunity.org/content/cae-program-applicant-checklist


September 13, 2019
Southeast CAE Community Collaboration Meeting

 

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Studer Community Institute
220 W. Garden St., Pensacola, FL 32502

 

Keynote Speaker
Brian Gouker
Division Chief, Strategic Education Initiatives and Alliances, National Cryptologic School, National Security Agency (NSA)

 

Dr. Eman El-Sheikh
Director and Professor, Center for Cybersecurity, University of West Florida

Please join us for a Southeast CAE Community collaboration meeting to enhance collaboration among Southeast CAE institutions. The meeting is open to all faculty and administrators at CAE designated and candidate institutions in the Southeast. Meeting topics will include CAE opportunities, collaborative cyber defense competitions, collaborative grants and research projects and apprenticeship programs. Please send suggestions for meeting topics to cybersecurity@uwf.edu.


This workshop is being coordinated and funded by the NSA CAE Regional Resource Center (CRRC) at the University of West Florida.