Outlook Magazine - Fall 2018

Seniors Pierce Lannue (left) and Stephen Felton work in the CNIT Lab

UNIVERSITY NAMED CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR CYBER DEFENSE

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to earn the designation. “We realized the dire need, the shortage of cybersecurity profession- als and the great opportu- nity for us,” Yuan said.

he National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security in fall 2017 designated UW-Stout as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. UW-Stout is the first and only four-year school in Wisconsin to receive the CAE-CD designation and one of about 120 nationally. “We know that cybersecurity will only grow in importance and are committed to preparing graduates to play critical roles in the future of cybersecurity,” said Maria Alm, dean of the College of Arts, Communication, Humanities and Social Sciences. Holly Yuan, director of the undergraduate program in computer networking and information technology, led the 13-month process

Along with CNIT, UW-Stout has related Bachelor of Science programs: information and communication technologies; computer science; and applied mathematics and computer science, which has a concentration in cybersecurity.

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