cyber defense

Nisreen Radwan creates an ethernet cord with some help from Melanie Cabalu during GenCyber Camp for high school students that introduces the fundamentals of operation systems, forensics and networking concepts.

Camp for Teens Trains Next Generation of Cyber Defenders

Posted September 7, 2016 / Juliet Hidalgo

Over the past few years, demand for trained cybersecurity professionals has surged as two million information security jobs have gone unfilled. To fill this shortfall for trained cyber security professionals, Cal Poly Pomona is working with the National Security Agency…

Computer Information Systems Professor Dan Manson, second from right, and CIS Adjunct Professor Anna Carlin, second from left, receive the National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense honor on behalf of Cal Poly Pomona. At left is Robin "Montana" Williams, chief of the National Cybersecurity Education and Awareness Branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. On the right is Debora A. Plunkett, director of the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency.

Cal Poly Pomona Earns Cyber Defense Education Honor

Posted July 17, 2014 / Marisa Demers

Cal Poly Pomona has been named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense Education, the third time that university has earned the honor. Since its initial designation, the university has quickly become a leader in cybersecurity education,…

The 2013 Cyber Security Team from Cal Poly Pomona.

Facebook, Tesla, Raytheon Sponsor Upcoming Cyber Defense Competition

Posted March 24, 2014 / Marisa Demers

One of the world’s top social networking sites, an electric car manufacturer and a government defense contractor might seem to have different company objectives, but all share at least one thing in common: they want a skilled cybersecurity workforce. In…

Gift Provides Cutting-Edge Cyber Security Technology

Posted May 30, 2012 / PolyCentric Editor

Cyber defense education at Cal Poly Pomona has received a significant boost with a gift of nearly $350,000 from Southern California Edison, World Wide Technology and Cisco...

Cyber Defense Team Again Headed to National Championships

Posted March 27, 2012 / PolyCentric Editor

Cal Poly Pomona’s cyber defense team will make a return trip to the national championships after winning the regional competition for the fourth consecutive year. The eight-member team, coached by lecturer and alumnus Brandon Brown, defeated nine other schools to…

Cyber Defense Team to Test Skills at Regional Competition

Posted March 21, 2012 / PolyCentric Editor

Three-time defending champion Cal Poly Pomona will take on 10 other teams at the annual Western Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition...

Computer Science Grad Tackles Complex Code

Posted June 14, 2011 / PolyCentric Editor

It’s not every day that a student’s senior project surprises his professor. Then again, not all students are like Stephen Crane. Crane, a 2011 graduate in computer science, built a basic, working model of a ground-breaking encryption system, known as…

President’s Video Message for April 4

Posted April 4, 2011 / PolyCentric Editor

President Ortiz congratulates the cyber defense team and civil engineering concrete canoe team, both of whom are advancing to the national-level competition. The president also shares that women’s basketball coach Danelle Bishop has formally been named the permanent head coach.…

Cyber Defense Team Advances to Nationals

Posted April 4, 2011 / PolyCentric Editor

Cal Poly Pomona has proved for the third consecutive year that its students are the best in the Western United States in cyber security. On the last day of spring break, the students won the Western Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense…