Description: Counter-cyberterrorism training program for technical personnel and managers who monitor and protect our nation's critical infrastructures
The Criminal Justice Institute’s (CJI) Cybersecurity Defense Initiative (CDI) is a national cybersecurity training program funded since 2004 by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Training and Education Division, (DHS/FEMA/NTED). As one of the founding members of the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC), cybersecurity training developed and delivered by CDI through NCPC funding is made available to information technology (IT) practitioners, bot
The threat of cyber-attacks against our nation’s technical infrastructure are real and immediate. Computers and servers in the United States are the most aggressively targeted information systems in the world, with attacks increasing in severity, frequency, and sophistication each year. As our nation’s critical infrastructure grows more reliant on information technologies, it also becomes more exposed to attackers, both foreign and domestic. These attacks can threaten our nation’s economy, public works, com
To counter these threats, the University of Arkansas System’s Criminal Justice Institute (CJI) and four other University Centers have partnered to establish the NCPC. Dr. Cheryl May, Director of CJI, is the NCPC chair and in this capacity oversees NCPC activities and provides leadership to further the NCPC mission, to provide research-based, cybersecurity-related training, exercises, and technical assistance to help State, Local, Tribe, and Territory (SLTT) communities establish viable and sustainable progr