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The Center for Applied Cyber Education<\/strong> (CACE) Director Scott C. Scheidt is a 20-plus year veteran of business, military combat, intelligence operations, cyber warfare and academia, and not one to shy away from a challenge. Yet, uniting with Georgia Southern University has been nothing but an enhancement for the department located on the Armstrong Campus.<\/p>\n \u201cThe consolidation is a great boost for all cyber education-related programs,\u201d said Scheidt. \u201cAnd CACE programs, I believe, will be a boost for cyber concepts being incorporated into more university academic programs. It opens up our ability to provide training and academic support resources to a larger body of students, staff and faculty. It also allows us to bring unique partnerships to the Georgia Southern family and increase capability offerings back out to those larger resources.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Consolidation is a great boost for all cyber education-related programs\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u2014Scott C. Scheidt<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Joining the Armstrong Campus in 2016, Scheidt was charged with expanding CACE while leading an interdisciplinary team of faculty and staff to offer state-of-the-art cyber education. Within his first year, CACE was designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n Last fall, the U.S. Department of Defense\u2019s Cyber Crime Center recognized CACE as a Center of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence for university academic programs related to cyber crime and operational forensics capabilities. Georgia Southern is now one of only 14 institutions in the country to hold the two esteemed federal designations.<\/p>\n \u201cOur students receive first-class instruction that prepares them to prevent and investigate cyber attacks, monitor and secure networks, and integrate best systems practices throughout the world,\u201d noted Scheidt. \u201cOur diverse cyber education programs are uniquely suited to help fill the gaps in the national cyber workforce needed to meet the demands of the 21st century.\u201d<\/p>\n Each spring, Scheidt has contributed directly to cyber academic offerings by teaching a special topics class in Cyber Warfare. and has previously taught Computer Concepts and Applications and Criminal Justice Graduate Special Topics in Cyber Crime. Within the Center, he also shepherds the largest university digital forensics lab in the Southeast. As of consolidation, the lab has processed more than 600 criminal digital forensic cases that include child abductions, white collar crimes, and international drug trafficking activity for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and a host of regional law enforcement partners.<\/p>\n
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