Some of the top cybersecurity research centers include Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab, the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway, University of London, and the Cyber Security Centre at the University of Oxford.

Other leading institutions are the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), the Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation, and the ETH Zurich Cyber Security Group. These centers are often affiliated with major universities and are recognized for their significant contributions to the field.

The Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis (CINA) Center is part of the prestigious network of DHS Centers of Excellence and is funded by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate’s Office of University Programs to bring together leading experts and researchers to pursue multidisciplinary approaches to address the disruption of criminal activities across the physical and cyber spaces.

This George Mason-led consortium will be advancing science while pursuing the development of cutting edge solutions and innovative educational and training activities to support today’s and tomorrow’s workforce.

In order to support the disruption of such activities, the CINA Center will establish an ecosystem of innovation in research, training and education. Led by George Mason University, CINA will build on a foundation of multidisciplinary research across a number of George Mason’s Colleges:

• College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• College of Science
• Schar School of Policy and Government
• School of Business
• School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
• College of Engineering and Computing

And partners from:

• University of Notre Dame
• Virginia Tech
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Michigan State University
• Purdue University
• Rutgers University

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The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) is Virginia’s main access point for cybersecurity research, innovation, workforce development, and news. In this community, researchers find funding and collaboration, students discover diverse career possibilities, and new innovations come to life.

CCI: Advancing People and Technology for a Secure Tomorrow

Virginia is the ideal locale for CCI due to its strong base of research excellence and its diverse higher education system. These factors combined with the state’s ecosystem of venture capital investment and high-growth firms, along with its density of cybersecurity talent, bring a confluence of contributors to the future success of CCI.

Vision
To establish Virginia as a global center of excellence in cybersecurity research and serve as a catalyst for the commonwealth’s economic diversification and long-term leadership in this sector.

Mission
To serve as an engine for research, workforce development, and innovation at the intersection between cybersecurity, autonomous systems, and intelligence.

Information systems security is of increasing importance in government, military and commercial arenas.  The Center for Secure Information Systems (CSIS) provides a dedicated environment to encourage the development of expertise in both the theoretical and applied aspects of information systems security.  CSIS emphasis on information security makes it unique among the institutions of higher learning in this country.

Securing the World’s Cyber Infrastructure

Established in 1990, CSIS has the distinction of being the first academic center in security at a U.S. university. CSIS differentiates itself from other centers by working in a broad spectrum of security topics and issues.  The Center resides within the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) at George Mason University.