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NSF Awards UCF $2.9 Million to Train Next Generation of Cybersecurity Defenders

The University of Central Florida has been awarded a nearly $2.9 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to provide cybersecurity scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students.

Scholarship recipients will focus on cybersecurity training and research at UCF, and after graduation, must work for a federal, state, local, or tribal government organization in a p... more...

New MS Degree in Cybersecurity

A new MS degree in Cybersecurity will be available starting this Fall.

Additional details can be found on the degree page here

UCF Students Win $25,500 at Cybersecurity Competition

UCF’s teams of student cybersecurity experts cleaned up at another cyber competition recently, bringing home more than $25,000 in prize money and besting Ivy Leaguers from Yale and Brown universities, the Air Force Academy and others.

Cybersecurity Industry Conferences

Black Hat USA – Las Vegas, NV (July/August)
DefCon - Las Vegas, NV (July/August)
B-Sides Security Conferences - Tampa, FL (February), Orlando, FL (March/April), Jacksonville (November)
InfosecWorld Conference - Orlando, FL (March/April)
SANS Institute Annual Conference - Orlando, FL (March/April)
DerbyCon - Louisville, KY (September)
Hacker Halted Security Conference - Atlanta, GA (September)
ShmooCon - Washington, DC (January)