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Towson University is one of four institutions in the world to receive ABET accreditation under the cybersecurity criteria.
By Megan Bradshaw on Oct. 8, 2018
The has accredited Towson University鈥檚 computer security track in the computer science B.S. degree program until 2024.
鈥淓arning one of the first ABET cybersecurity accreditations in the world is a signal of Towson University鈥檚 rigorous academic programs and affirms 快活视频as a preeminent provider of tech-focused leaders,鈥� said 快活视频President Kim Schatzel.
快活视频is one of four institutions in the world鈥攁long with the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Southeast Missouri 鈥攖o receive ABET accreditation under the cybersecurity criteria.
鈥淭he accreditation of the cybersecurity program affirms the excellence of our faculty, research, programs, and student preparation. Towson has always been forging a new path in cybersecurity education and continues to do so. Kudos to all our faculty,鈥� said Sidd Kaza, associate professor and chair of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences.
罢鲍鈥檚 Jess & Mildred Fisher College of Science and Mathematics started one of the first undergraduate cybersecurity tracks in the nation and the first in Maryland. The department has received external funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Defense and the Army Research Lab among other state and federal agencies.
Recently, the department received nearly $4 million from the NSF to continue the Scholarship for Service program, which funds students with up to two-year scholarships that include full tuition, books, an annual stipend, travel assistance and health insurance. The program has had a 100 percent success rate with internship and postgrad placement, with 77 percent working for federal agencies like the NSA, FBI, DHS, USCERT and HH OIG.
鈥淭owson鈥檚 cybersecurity education is well-known for excellence nationally, so ABET鈥檚 invitation for Towson to submit itself to the new cybersecurity accreditation was welcomed, but not a surprise. We have long been designated as a center of academic excellence in information assurance education and in cyberoperations. The just-announced reaccreditation for computer science and the new cybersecurity accreditation provide further evidence for students of the high quality of their education at Towson University,鈥� said Interim Provost David Vanko.
Departmental faculty work on cutting-edge, federally funded cybersecurity research on the wireless networks, cyber-physical systems, reverse engineering, and cyber education. They are also involved in influential national efforts to further cybersecurity education including the first ACM Cybersecurity Degree Guidelines and the National Cybersecurity Curriculum Program.
This story is one of several related to President Kim Schatzel鈥檚 priorities for Towson University: 快活视频Matters to Maryland and TIGER Way.