10 Years of Cyber Excellence
2013 The Department of Cyber Intelligence and Security (CIS) is founded by Dr. Jon Haass with 11 students in its first year.
2014 CIS is home to 10 or more female students for the first time. Its percentage of female students continues to grow, peaking at 28% in the 2023-24 academic year.
2015 For the first time in department history, the number of enrolled students crosses 50.
2016 CIS welcomes its first alumni to the family, with two inaugural graduates.
2017 For the first time in department history, the number of enrolled students crosses 100. To date, the department has surpassed this enrollment threshold in each subsequent year. 2019 The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security designate Embry-Riddle’s Prescott Campus as a National Center of Academic Excellence for Cyber Defense. Boeing and Aviation ISAC also initiate gift funds for CIS student research projects. From 2019-2024, CIS has obtained more than $425,000 in industry-sponsored gifts from these organizations. 2021 A CIS undergraduate team takes first place in the Department of Energy’s prestigious CyberForce competition. In addition to first place in the U.S., the student team finishes 4th in the world. 2023 CIS offers its CTF to members of the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation Aviation Cyber Initiative community, international aviation stakeholders assembled at Southwest Airlines HQ and employees at the Collins Aerospace Iowa facility — building on the CTF efforts of 2020-2022.
2018 Dr. Krishna Sampigethaya becomes the department chair, and CIS launches its M.S. in Cyber Intelligence and Security.
2020 The B.S. in Cyber Intelligence and Security becomes one of eight ABET-accredited cybersecurity programs in the world. CIS also becomes a DoD Cyber Scholarship Program site, receiving two full-ride scholarships and a capacity-building grant. Since 2020, CIS has won 14 scholarships and three capacity-building grants, totaling $1.5M. In the same year, CIS also hosts the world’s first and only aviation cybersecurity capture-the-flag competition at DEF CON and the A-ISAC Summit. 2022 Embry-Riddle’s Prescott and Daytona Beach Campuses are together selected by the National Science Foundation as a CyberCorps ® Scholarship for Service program — the only one for aviation and aerospace cybersecurity. This five- year grant of $4M supports more than 20 full-ride scholars. 2024 The university and department are redesignated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. CIS also hosts its inaugural ERAU-NASA- NSF Aviation Cybersecurity Workshop, the first of its kind in the world, with $100,000 in funding from the NSF. A CIS undergraduate student team also becomes the NCAE Cyber Games Champion.
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