The next UC2 Workshop will be held June 6, 2024.

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UC2 will be hosting a virtual discussion series for our academic, government, and military partners about research priorities in cybersecurity.

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United States Cyber Command and​ College of Information and Cyberspace at​ National Defense University, Washington, DC​ Cyber Symposium 2023 is a live and virtual event.

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UC2 hosts its flagship workshop on December 6, 2023 at NDU.

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10 Year Anniversary

The 10th annual Cyber Beacon is the flagship conference of the College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC) at National Defense University (NDU). The conference will be held on October 19 & 20, 2023, as an in-person and virtual event. All students are invited to attend.

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Col Ken Miller, Cyber LDP Director, speaks at the 2023 Curriculum Summit. 

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Major General Akisugu Kimura (CIC Class of 2021 Alumni and Inaugural Commander of the Cyber Defense Command of Japan) visiting Chancellor Lewis in Marshall Hall (28 March 2023)

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The National Defense University community is invited to attend the Chancellor's Lecture Series featuring Dr. Chris Miller author of Chip War. The event will take play from 2-3:15pm Thursday February 23, 2023. In-person attendance in Lincoln Hall auditorium is encouraged. There will be a remote viewing option available through the Sunday Skim.

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Michele Markoff is the former acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Cyberspace Security in the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. Since 1998 Michele has been the senior State Department subject matter expert overseeing the development and implementation of foreign policy initiatives on cyberspace issues. She helps to coordinate United States policy on the spectrum of cyber-related policy issues across the Department, develops diplomatic strategies to encourage states to join the United States in taking steps to protect their critical networks and to cooperate internationally to enhance and preserve global cyber stability. She implements those strategies through negotiations in a wide variety of venues. Her initiative led to the successful completion of the first ever bilateral agreement on confidence-building in cyber space between the United State and the Russian Federation, announced in June, 2013. Michele also has been the United States Government Expert on five Groups of UN Government Experts (2005, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016) devoted to international security cyber issues. The last three GGEs led to landmark consensus reports regarding norms for state activity in cyberspace. Ms. Markoff is also the architect of two agreements on cyber confidence-building measures in the Organization of Security Cooperation in Europe, and a similar initiative in the ASEAN Regional Forum. Ms. Markoff was trained as an expert in Russian and Chinese military affairs and decision-making and spent the first half of her career in a variety of strategic nuclear arms control-related posts, among them as State Department Advisor and then Executive Secretary to the START I Talks; later as Senior Policy Advisor and Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency’s Policy Planning Group. Ms. Markoff has a B.A. in International Relations from Reed College, an M.A. in International Relations and an M.Phil.in Political Science from Yale University, and a M.Sc. in National Security Strategy from the National War College of the United States. She also attended high school in the former Soviet Union and attended the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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General Paul Nakasone (Director of the NSA and Commander of US Cyber Command) came back to NDU and

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The first Chancellor's Speaker Series event for 2023 features Professional Staff Members (PSMs) from

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Minister of Defense of Estonia

The College of Information and Cyberspace Chancellor Dr. Cassandra Lewis hosted the Estonian Minister of Defense, Hanno Pevkur, to share his insights as a guest lecturer. It was a great honor for the school to welcome him and the entire delegation, which included Ambassador Kristjan Prikk.  Special thanks to faculty members like Richard A. Love for making this a memorable learning opportunity for our students! 

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On 17 November 2022, U.S. Cyber Command and the National Defense University (NDU) College of

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In June 2022, the Department of Defense University Consortium for Cybersecurity (DoD-UC2)

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National Defense University, Ft McNair, Washington D.C

Our 2022 Cyber Beacon will be held on October 6, 2022 starting at 0700 as an in-person event only.

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On April 28, 2022, the DoD University Consortium for Cybersecurity Coordination Center (UC4) at the National Defense University College of Information and Cyberspace (NDU CIC) hosted the first UC2 Workshop. The physical location of the event was the Lincoln Hall Auditorium (Room #1230) on the first floor of Lincoln Hall at Fort McNair. Attendees included high-level Department of Defense officials and staff members, the NDU CIC Chancellor, the NDU CIC UC4 team, and presenters from seven universities with a National Security Agency (NSA) Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) designation.

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CIC Office of Student Services

The College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC) will begin hosting a monthly student recruitment information session online beginning on April 28th at 1300 EST. These interactive sessions will feature information about the school and its programs by representatives like the CIC Director of Student Services Nakia Logan and Director of Strategic Engagement Joe Billingsley. Access instructions and more can be found on the attached flyer.

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Congratulation to Colonel Eberhardt on his retirement from the Air Force! The CIC family thanks you for your service to the College and wishes you the best of luck on your next adventures!

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The UC4 team hosted the initial meeting of the UC2 Advisory Council via Microsoft Teams. The council’s goals include attracting a wide scope of input on future RFI topics, judging the responses to the RFIs, and soliciting support, including funding for research or grants, from DoD agencies. Members of the council will also have a role at UC2 presentation workshops, where they will solicit the best ideas from the academic community, and determine which proposals are the most beneficial to their agencies.

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Gary Brown

College of information and Cyberspace hosted this virtual event to collaborate with other services and federal organization’s faculty on the identification of gaps, opportunities, and obstacles in current PME structure (with regard to cyber) and cyber offerings. Following the welcome from Chancellor Cassandra Lewis and Associate Dean Gary Brown, a variety of different organization’s faculty presented their programs and current obstacles. Followed by a roundtable discussion on similar reoccurring topics and collaboration.

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NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence Program Management Office

As part of the UC2’s RFI collection and evaluation process, a panel of judges was selected to assess the best responses using a rubric developed by the NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence Program Management Office. Members of this office trained the judges on best practices and incorporation of the rubric to guide evaluations during two webinars hosted by the UC4 team. At the end of both sessions, there was a Q&A period.

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Jen Easterly is the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). As Director, Ms. Easterly leads CISA’s efforts to understand, manage, and reduce risk to the cyber and physical infrastructure Americans rely on every day. Ms. Easterly has a long tradition of public service, to include two tours at the White House, most recently as Special Assistant to President Obama and Senior Director for Counterterrorism. She also served as the Deputy for Counterterrorism at the National Security Agency. 

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The Impacts of a Global Pandemic

On 9 December 2021, the National Defense University's College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC) hosted its 8th annual Cyber Beacon Conference (CB 2021). Our College's annual flagship conference brings together experts and leaders from across the national security community, private sector, and academia to discuss the most pressing issues concerning cyberspace, information, and national security. You can find links to past conferences on our site under the "events" dropdown tab. The 2021 conference theme was "The Impacts of a Global Pandemic". CB 2021 was held on Thursday the 9th of December 2021 from 9 AM to 2 PM (US eastern time). Due to the ongoing global pandemic, this event was held online. Comments are those of the respective speaker and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the US government or any other entity

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The UC4 team at the NDU CIC hosted the inaugural UC2 Kickoff Event. The physical location of the event was the Hill Conference Room (Room #303) on the third floor of Roosevelt Hall at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. Attendees included members of the Joint Staff J6, the NSA, USCYBERCOM, high-level DoD officials and staff members, a Congressional staff member, the NDU CIC Chancellor, the UC4 Director, and the Director of the UC2 Support Center. The keynote address was given by the Honorable Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)).

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Jonathan Rauch

The Chancellor's Speaker Series features talks by world-class thought-leaders and is hosted by the Interim Chancellor of the National Defense University (NDU) College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC), Dr. Cassandra C. Lewis. Our upcoming speaker, Jonathan Rauch (author and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution), is scheduled for Wednesday the 17th of November, 2021, from 9 to 10:15 am eastern. The talk is entitled Staying Real: The War on Truth and How to Win It, and will be followed by a question and answer session. This event will be held in the Marshall Hall 155 Conference Room and streamed online. It is open to all CIC students, faculty, and staff. Access instructions will be provided to those who RSVP. RSVP information will be provided to all applicable CIC personnel via email.

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Disruption in an Era of Great Power Competition: Pandemic, Infodemic, Space, Cyberspace, and Beyond

Cyber Beacon 2020 is the 7th annual flagship conference of  the College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC) at National Defense University (NDU), "Our Nation's Cyber War College".The conference brings together experts and leaders from across the national security community, private sector, and academia to discuss the most pressing problems concerning cyberspace, information, and national security. This conference will take place online starting on 08:00-16:30 (eastern) on Thursday 3 December 2020. The Speakers are strategic and thought leaders at the intersection of cyberspace and national security, with hundreds of selected USG and other guests in the field in attendance.

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Preparing for Disruption

Cyber Beacon is the flagship event of the National Defense University's College of Information and Cyberspace (NDU CIC). The conference brings together experts and leaders from across the national security community, private sector, and academia to discuss the most pressing problems concerning cyberspace, information, and national security. The 2020 conference is scheduled for 9-10 September. The 2019 conference theme was "preparing for disruption" and there were seven sessions; terrorism and cyberspace, information and disinformation, cyber education, quantum, artificial intelligence, 5G, and the cutting edge. It was held 13-14 November 2019 at the NDU campus on Fort McNair in Washington, DC. Attendance was by invitation only and space limited. While the conference was unclassified, there were optional classified breakout sessions during lunch with led by National Security Council personnel. Information about past Cyber Beacon conferences can be found on this site

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Decision Making in Cyberspace

Cyber Beacon is the flagship event of the National Defense University's College of Information and Cyberspace (NDU CIC). The conference brings together experts and leaders from across the national security community, private sector, and academia to discuss the most pressing problems concerning cyberspace, information, and national security. The 2018 conference theme was "decision making in cyberspace" and there were six sessions; deterrence, law and authorities, gaming, innovative collaboration, information and disinformation, and cyberspace graduate education. Cyber Beacon V was held on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 September 2018 at the NDU campus on Fort McNair in Washington, DC. Attendance was by invitation only, there was no cost to attend the event, and space was limited. While the conference was unclassified, there were optional classified breakout sessions during lunch. The NDU Foundation supported this conference with catering, reception, and industry information tables. Seating was not assigned, so attendees were encouraged to sit at separate tables from those in their home organizations in order to meet a wider array of fellow professionals in this growing community. Photos from Cyber Beacon IV can be viewed here and from Cyber Beacon V here. See an article about the 2018 Cyber Beacon here. Parking and transportation information can be found here. Check back here for updates about the next Cyber Beacon on 11-12 September 2019.

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