• News
  • Student Life
  • Athletics
  • Faculty/Staff
  • Campus Portal Login
  • News
  • Student Life
  • Faculty/Staff
  • Athletics
  • Campus Portal Login

ADJ department awarded $180K to fund cyber defense study

salvetoday Posted On August 7, 2017
0


0
Shares
  • Share On Facebook
  • Tweet It

CAE, a global leader in training, has awarded Salve Regina’s Department of Administration of Justice (ADJ) a $180,000 grant to fund a cybersecurity defense research project. The research study will assess the cyber risks to the military’s synthetic training environment, identify cyber effects to inject into the military’s training environment for more realistic training, and evaluate training needs for future scenarios where service members can train alongside real or synthetic cyber warriors.

Principal investigator of the study will be Jennifer McArdle, assistant professor in the ADJ department and a fellow in defense studies at the Washington, D.C.-based American Foreign Policy Council. Ten Salve students, both graduate and undergraduate, will work on the project as research assistants.

“The grant gives students an opportunity to develop their cybersecurity and policy research skills, while also providing them the unique opportunity to closely interface and network with members of the defense industrial base, defense policy community and military,” McArdle said.

The need for this research is paramount as global defense strategies are evolving and potential adversaries are increasingly viewing cyber, electronic and information operations as a way to asymmetrically challenge established technology-centric capabilities, McArdle explained. “Operators need to know how to effectively respond to threats in a networked environment,” she said. “Synthetic training provides the only high-fidelity environment where the end user can get this experience prior to combat.”

“CAE is always looking for ways to make our simulation-based training systems more immersive and realistic,” said Gene Colabatistto, CAE’s group president, defense and security. “We know cybersecurity and cyber threats will be increasingly critical in the military training environment, which is why funding projects such as this and other internal research and development programs will help us create the most integrated, interoperable and immersive virtual training environments.”

In addition to funding the research project, the CAE grant includes a $50,000 donation for the ADJ department to purchase software and hardware that will further differentiate its cyber and forensic capabilities. The investment will broaden the University’s pipeline to the future cyber security workforce with a particular eye for Salve Regina students joining the defense industrial base.

CAE is a global leader in training for the defense, civil aviation and health care markets. CAE continues to help define global training standards with its innovative virtual-to-live training solutions to make flying safer, maintain defense force readiness and enhance patient safety. The company has the broadest global presence in the industry, with more than 8,500 employees, 160 sites and training locations in more than 35 countries. Each year, CAE trains more than 120,000 civil and defense crewmembers and thousands of health care professionals worldwide.

0
Shares
  • Share On Facebook
  • Tweet It




  • RSS Calendar of Events

    • Gallery exhibit: Art in the Age of Pandemic
      Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 (All day) to Thursday, February 18, 2021 (All day)

      During the fall 2020 semester, students taking courses in the Department of Art and Art History were invited to document their everyday experience of the pandemic.

      A group of 72...

    • End of add/drop period for undergraduate courses
      Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 (All day)
    • End of add/drop period for graduate 15-week and session I courses
      Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 (All day)
    • Forum on student life spaces on campus
      Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 5:00pm

      How can Salve Regina best utilize the student life spaces on campus? Join President Kelli J. Armstrong and a team of architects to share your thoughts and opinions. This online forum will...

      Contact: Office of Student Engagement
    • Things for Thursday: Snowflake stress balls and hot chocolate
      Date: Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
      Gerety Hall

      Available while supplies last.

    • eSports open house
      Date: Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 4:00pm to 8:00pm
      Gerety Hall garden level

      Staff members from the Office of Information Technology will be on hand to introduce students to the state-of-the-art gaming equipment and provide assistance with the technology featured at the...

    • Student life space study charrette for faculty and staff
      Date: Friday, January 29, 2021 - 3:00pm

      The University is undertaking a study of student life spacesĀ on campus and is seeking input from faculty and staff about how campus spaces can better support the Salve Regina mission, and how...

    • eSports open house
      Date: Friday, January 29, 2021 - 4:00pm to 8:00pm
      Gerety Hall garden level

      Staff members from the Office of Information Technology will be on hand to introduce students to the state-of-the-art gaming equipment and provide assistance with the technology featured at the...

    • Information session: M.A. and Ph.D. in international relations
      Date: Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 5:30pm

      Join program director Dr. Symeon Giannakos and vice president for enrollment management Jim Fowler for an introduction to Salve Regina's master's and doctoral programs in international relations...

      Contact: Office of Graduate and Professional Studies
    • Mass
      Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 12:15pm
      Our Lady of Mercy Chapel
  • Browse Sections

    Salve Success

    Health and Wellness

    Mercy Mission

    Arts and Humanities

    Science and Technology

    Event Coverage

    Business and Economics

    Graduate News



Stay Updated

Latest news from SALVEtoday

 

  • Salve Regina University

    100 Ochre Point Avenue
    Newport, Rhode Island 02840 USA

     (401) 847-6650

    (c) 2021 Salve Regina University

  • SALVEtoday Archives

  • Social Media Directory

  • Mercy Emergency Relief Fund


  • News
  • Student Life
  • Athletics
  • Faculty/Staff
  • Campus Portal Login
Press enter/return to begin your search