CyberForce Overview
CyberForce is a yearly competition for CAE member schools put on by the US Department of Energy. Students participate in a read team vs. blue team scenario where participants act as cyber defenders (blue team) in a simulated real-world scenario where they have to maintain and protect cyber assets.
There is an associated career fair this year open to all CAE students and alumni of CAE institutions. Sign up today!
Date and Time: September 12, 2024 12:00PM-3:00 PM Mountain time (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Central Daylight Time)
Register for the career fair here!
2024 CyberForce Early Career Fair - Registration
Teaching Associate Professor, Academic Director for Cyber Security, University of Denver
Research includes networking, network security, software security and systems.
Interested in a formal cybersecurity or computer science degree?
The University of Denver is proud to offer multiple programs in cybersecurity, whether you
want to be a manager or a frontline cyber warrior! Check out our program offerings at the
DU Cybersecurity Page. We also have a cybersecurity
concentration you can get on your way to a
Computer Science degree! You can
also email us if you want to learn more!
The programs in the
Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science
are strongly technically grounded, and provide a CS/Cyber education for the future of
cybersecurity.
Accreditation
The University of Denver is recognized as an NSA (National Security Agency) CAE-CD
(Center of Academic Excellence – Cyber Defense). The NSA evaluates and accredits
institutions providing cybersecurity degrees and curricula — a rigorous and prestigious
validation performed by security experts and members of other educational institutions. It
means the coursework of the Cybersecurity MS program at DU aligns with criteria mapped to
the US government's NICE framework knowledge units.
More information can be found at the official NSA academic site
here.