TSYS Center for Cybersecurity
2015 Fact Sheet
Vision
The Center will prepare a strong cybersecurity workforce, promote technological innovation, foster economic
growth and influence the development of an effective cybersecurity practice in the financial sector.
Mission
The Center will support the cybersecurity needs of the financial services sector by guiding the academic
programs, research agendas and industry outreach initiatives of the TSYS School of Computer Science to
accomplish the following:
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Develop strong faculty expertise in cybersecurity
Produce CS, IT, and business graduates with advanced competency in cybersecurity
Produce applied research capable of influencing industry practice
Facilitate experiential learning opportunities for students and faculty
Increase public awareness of issues surrounding cybersecurity
Academic Initiatives
2015
Undergraduate Certificate
Cybersecurity
2016
Hire Endowed Professor in
Cybersecurity and Director
2017
Cybersecurity literacy across campus
Minimum one semester of
Cybersecurity for all CS, IT,
and MIS major studies
Increase quality and quantity of CS,
IT, and IS graduates through Cyber
Scholars
Undergraduate security track
B.S. in Computer Science
Undergraduate security option
B.S. in IT
B.B.A. in MIS
Multidisciplinary Undergraduate
Certificate in Cybersecurity
Undergraduate security option in B.S.
in IT (WebBSIT)
Master’s in Cybersecurity Management
Additional Opportunities
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Sponsor and Support Professional Development
Develop internships, co-op, & apprenticeship experiences
Host competition(s) between student groups (middle, high, and collegiate)
Articulation agreements with CVCC, Columbus Tech, GMC
Cybersecurity Summer Camps
Grant-writing - SFS Scholarships and Capacity Building; Secure and Trustworthy CyberSpace
TSYS Center for Cybersecurity
2015 Fact Sheet
Accomplishments and Milestones – 2015 TSYS School of Computer Science
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Established CSU Center for Cybersecurity
CSU Designated National Center for Cyber Defense Education (two in Georgia)
TSYS contributed $2.5 million to establish the TSYS Cybersecurity Center
Announced Ken Tye (retired Sr. Exec. VP and CIO) as first Executive-in-Residence
Top Online Master's In Computer Science (ranked #1 nationally by goGrads.com)
Selected as a founding member of the University System of Georgia Cyber Education Consortium
Hosted Google-funded CS4HS Teacher Training workshop that embedded cybersecurity concepts.
Hosted a Security Injections workshop
Sponsored Cybersecurity Awareness week
50 Faculty and Student Publications in Cybersecurity
New Research
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Cybersecurity in Mobile Computing/Sensing research [Privacy in location-based systems and
participatory sensing systems (how to share sensor data collected through cell phones without
compromising a user's identity)]
Optimizing a software version of AES on the Intel processor using Intel AES New Instruction (AES-NI)
Resilience Infrastructures for Financial Systems
Faculty Research
Dr. Lydia Ray – Director –CAE
Dr. Yesem Peker - Associate Director for Research- CAE
Dr. Radhouane Chouchane
Dr. J. Dana Eckart
Dr. Rania Hodhod
Dr. Shamim Khan
Dr. Angkul Kongmunvattana
Dr. Hoda Merpouryan
Dr. Rodrigo Obando
Dr. Alfredo Perez
Dr. Neal Rogers
Dr. Wayne Summers
Dr. Mehdi Tehrani
Dr. Jianhua Yang
Dr. Sumanth Yenduri
Dr. Vladimir Zanev
Wireless Sensor Networks
Cryptography
Malware Detection
Cellular Automata
Augmented Reality
Intelligent decision support systems
High Performance Computing
Resilience and safety
Complex Sys. Modeling w Cellular Automata
Wireless Sensor Networks
Enterprise Computing
Cyber Security Awareness
Information Systems
Network Security
Sensor Networks
Databases and Analytics
Contact
cs@columbusstate.edu
http://cs.ColumbusState.edu
706.507.8170