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Mission

The Institute for Cyber Security is an interdisciplinary institute that promotes and encourages cybersecurity awareness and practice, both on campus and off, through teaching, research, and service activities to enhance people’s knowledge of and skills in this important field.

The 18th Annual Cyber Security Day at Ä¢¹½tv will be held on October 28, 2025!

Details will be posted on the Cyber Security Day site soon!

Cybersecurity is broadly defined to include information security, cyber forensics, data quality, data completeness, data accuracy, privacy, and other issues related to storing, transmitting, and sharing data and other information. The Institute involves faculty and students from the colleges of Business; Education and Human Services; Health Sciences; Arts, Humanities, Media, and Public Affairs; and Natural Sciences and Mathematics in the dissemination of knowledge, research, and service projects in the general area of cybersecurity. 

The Institute will affiliate itself with faculty and students at other institutions, such as community and other four-year colleges, to share resources and information in this field and promote the concept and practice of ensuring the security and integrity of information.

The Institute for Cyber Security annually secures hundreds of thousands of dollars of federally funded grants to support all of its activities. Moreover, ICS strives to establish leadership in cybersecurity by contributing to various national initiatives intended to improve the nation’s security posture through:

  • Producing qualified graduates in cybersecurity.
  • Securing and executing major federally funded projects.
  • Conducting state-of-the-art research in various security topics to contribute to the body of knowledge in this important area.
  • Offering cybersecurity camps to K-12 students and teachers to foster interest in the field at various school districts throughout Pennsylvania and beyond.
  • Providing “Training the Trainer” faculty professional development workshops in cybersecurity.
  • Partnering with other Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Security to bolster the national program in cybersecurity.
  • Collaborating with companies in western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and surrounding areas engaged in security research.
  • Providing internship opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience in cybersecurity as they work with faculty research or community projects.
  • Increasing awareness of security and encouraging local companies to participate in security by arranging distinguished visitor seminars and sponsoring colloquia, conferences, and workshops in the area of cybersecurity.

News

Join the 2025 Codebreaker Challenge!

NSA is always recruiting bright, determined individuals to help protect our country. Are you up to the challenge?

  • 29 September 2025

CAE Lecture Series: September 18, 2025

Mark your calendars and come join your colleagues in the CAE community for the CAE Lecture Series. CAE Lecture Series events are free and conducted live in real-time over MS Teams, so no travel is required. NSA’s CAE PMO office hosts the presentations via MS Teams which employs slides, VOIP, and chat for live interaction.

  • 16 September 2025

Ä¢¹½tv’s PC4A Project Extended for Additional Year

In September 2022, Ä¢¹½tv was awarded the largest grant in Ä¢¹½tv history to create the PA Community College Consortium Cooperative Agreement (PC4A). For the last three years, PC4A partners have been working together to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce in our country. Based on the success of the project, PC4A has been extended for another year and will conclude in August 2026.

  • 27 August 2025

Ä¢¹½tv Hosting 18th Annual Cybersecurity Day, Oct. 28

Ä¢¹½tv will host the eighteenth annual Cyber Security Day on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, in the HUB Ohio Room from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

  • 22 August 2025

CAE Virtual Career Fair, Sept. 26

The National Cybersecurity Training and Education Center and the Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity will host the ninth annual National Cybersecurity Virtual Career Fair on September 26, 2025.

  • 13 August 2025

Programs of Study

Ä¢¹½tv offers a BS in computer science/cybersecurity track and a minor in cybersecurity. The Ä¢¹½tv cybersecurity curriculum is an NSA-validated Program of Study (PoS), and Ä¢¹½tv is designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE). Scholarships and other unique opportunities are available to our students.

Activities

The Institute for Cyber Security, in collaboration with IT Services and other departments, actively promotes cybersecurity awareness throughout the year. Representative activities include Cyber Security Day, Cyber Security Club, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Outreach to Community Colleges, and interdisciplinary roundtable discussions on issues of national cybersecurity.

Research and Student Work

Faculty affiliated with the Institute are actively involved in research in various cybersecurity, including IoT security, national cybersecurity strategy, intrusion detection, multimedia security, and cloud computing. Students in their studies complete several research papers and presentations on numerous cybersecurity topics.

Resources

The Institute for Cyber Security, together with the Ä¢¹½tv Library and IT Support Services, provides links to numerous resources on cybersecurity and related fields.

  • Institute for Cyber Security
  • Stright Hall, Room 233
    210 South Tenth Street
     Indiana, PA 15705
  • Phone: 724-357-2608
  • Fax: 724-357-7908
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.