UMD and NSA team up for NSA Lead Courses & Mentorship

The University of Maryland and The National Security Agency have strengthen their collaborative agreement for the Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES) program.

The program began in 2013, but the new additions is that NSA will provide eight to nine teachers for several ACES courses. Also ACES students to develop a mentor relationship with NSA employees, advise research projects and offer students internship opportunities at the agency.

The director of the ACES is none other than UMD SoS Lablet Researcher Michel Cukier.

Deborah Frincke, NSA Research Director, stated that “NSA is excited to collaborate with the ACES program to prepare and motivate the next generation of cybersecurity professionals who will help protect the nation. Education and research programs, such as ACES, are important activities that will improve safety and security in cyberspace. ACES offers a world-class program that complements NSA’s premier research in cybersecurity.”

(UMD Annoucment) http://www.umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/university-maryland-and-national-security-agency-partner-support-future-cybersecurity-workforce

(UMD Student Newspaper) http://www.dbknews.com/2016/10/21/umd-cybersecurity-program-nsa-courses/

(ACES Home) http://www.aces.umd.edu/home