April 12, 2022

Colonel Eberhardt Retirement Ceremony

12 April, 2022 — 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!

March 11, 2022

JPME Cyber Colloquium 2022

March 11th, 2022 — 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.

March 11, 2022

UC2 Advisory Council

11 March 2022 — The UC4 team hosted the initial meeting of the UC2 advisory council. The council’s goals included attracting a wide scope of input on future RFI topics, judging the responses to the RFIs, and soliciting support, including funding for research 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.

Feb. 24, 2022

UC2 RFI Collection and Evaluation

24-25 February 2022 — 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.

Feb. 14, 2022

Ms. Jen Easterly

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

Feb. 4, 2022

Kelly Fletcher at Cyber Beacon 2021

Dr. Kelly Fletcher, who is performing the duties of the DoD CIO, sits down with CIC faculty member and lead for the CIO LDP, Harry Wingo, at Cyber Beacon 2021.CHECK OUT THE VIDEO HERE

Feb. 3, 2022

Ryan Shipley Promotion to Colonel, U.S Army

Congratulations to Ryan Shipley on his promotion to Colonel, US Army. COL Shipley will bring his expertise and experience to a new role as Associate Dean of Academics with the College of Information and Cyberspace.

Dec. 20, 2021

Lewis Named Chancellor

On Friday 17 December 2021, the President of the National Defense University, Lieutenant General Michael Plehn, announced Dr. Cassandra C. Lewis would serve as the full-time permanent Chancellor of the College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC). The announcement was made at the CIC Holiday Party, held on historic Fort McNair in Washington, DC.This

Dec. 9, 2021

Cyber Beacon 2021

9th of December 2021 — 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

Dec. 7, 2021

UC2 Kickoff Event

7 December 2021 — 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)).