Department of Computer and Information Sciences www towson

Department of Computer and Information Sciences www. towson. edu/cis www. towson. edu/cyber

CIS - by the numbers Programs • Three undergraduate programs: • Computer Science • Information Systems • Information Technology • Three graduate programs: • M. S. in Computer Science • M. S. in Applied Information Technology • D. Sc. in Information Technology Students, Faculty, and Funding • • Total undergraduate majors: ~1200 Total graduate majors: ~400 40+ full-time faculty members Averaging $1 M/year in grants

Undergraduate Programs B. S. Computer Science (~600 majors) • ABET Accredited • Two Tracks: Cybersecurity and Software Engineering • National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE) • NSA CAE in Cyber Operations (1 of 19 in the nation) B. S. Information Systems (~200 majors) • Four tracks: Systems, Business, Interface Design, and E-Government • Combined majors in Business Administration and E-Business B. S. Information Technology (~400 majors)

Graduate Programs M. S. Computer Science (~130 students) • Three tracks: Software Engineering, Computer Security, and e-Commerce M. S. Applied Information Technology (~200 students) (affiliated with School of Emerging Technologies) • Certificate in Information Security and Assurance • Certificate in Digital Forensics D. Sc. Information Technology (~50 students) • One track: Computer Science • Several students working on cyber research

Faculty in Cyber • 14+ full-time faculty involved in cybersecurity • Adjunct faculty with industry experience • Broad areas of expertise • Secure Coding, Cyber operations, Cyber defense, Cyber Pedagogy, Reliable Software Engineering, Data Sciences, AI, Social Networking • Numerous grants both for research and curriculum • Security Injections, Cyber-physical Systems, Wireless Security, Application Development

Cutting-edge Coursework • Artificial intelligence • Scientific modeling • Software engineering • Reverse Engineering and Malware • Computer graphics • Web-based programming • Decision support systems • Operating systems security • e-Commerce • Network security • Human-computer interaction • Application software • Robotics • Mobile application development security

Cyber Capstone course

Classrooms and Labs • • Smart classrooms • Recording facilities • Active learning labs 15 labs including: • • • linux project lab software engineering lab NSF-funded security lab NSF-funded mobile development lab NSF-funded security injection lab bare machine computing lab human computer interaction lab Cyber-physical systems lab Computer vision lab Computer forensics lab

Where our Graduates are Employed

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Cyber. Corps®: Scholarship for Service Scholarship Benefits : • ~$23, 000 stipend per year • Fully paid tuition & fees • $1, 000 for textbooks • $1, 200 for health insurance • $3, 000 for travel to professional conferences and job fairs http: //www. towson. edu/cybercorps

Cyber 4 All @Towson towson. edu/cyber 4 all Security across the curriculum � Secure Coding � CS 0, CS 1, CS 2 � Early and often � High-impact topics � Security Checklists � Minimally Invasive � Other areas � Computer Literacy � Healthcare � Risk Management Over $2 million in funding

SPLASH @Towson Secure Programming Logic for Students in High School Over 500 K in funding from NSF, NSA, and Intel

Cybersecurity Research Projects • Secured and Efficient Energy-based Critical Infrastructure • Cloud-Based Threat Monitoring and Detection on Heterogeneous Mobile Devices • Student learning and module effectiveness using eye -tracking

Award Winning Cyb Team d

National Efforts Towson faculty on 11 member task-force involved in writing the first ACM Cybersecurity Curriculum www. csec 2017. org Working with NSA and NSF to organize the Cyber Education Workshop www. towson. edu/cybered First workshop 8/7/17. 100+ attendees. Funding by NSF at Towson until 2022.

Next Steps – Engagement • Cyber Seminar Series – monthly talks in cybersecurity. Speakers Needed! Contact: Josh Dehlinger, Director, B. S. Computer Science, jdehlinger@towson. edu • Internships for Security Track students Contact: Lorie Logan-Benett, Director, Career Center, lloganbennett@towson. edu

www. towson. edu/cis www. towson. edu/cyber