COLLABORATION
Within PSU, we are a collaborative partnership between the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government of the College of Urban and Public Affairs, the Departments of Computer Science and Engineering and the Department of Engineering and Technology Management of the Maseeh College of Engineering & Computer Science, and the School of Business.
As a member of the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity community, our center collaborates with over 340 universities and community colleges in the United States with webinars, panel discussions, information meetings, research, and teaching materials and syllabi for undergraduate and graduate students. Furthermore, PSU is the lead member of Oregon’s cybersecurity initiative partnering with Oregon State University, University of Oregon, Chemeketa Community College, and Mt. Hood Community College.
Read our NSA/DHS designation letter (PDF).
Email cybersecuritycenter@pdx.edu to express interest in collaborating.
RESEARCH
In 2021, the Hatfield School of Government received a three-year, $3 million grant from the National Centers of Academics in Cybersecurity located within the National Security Agency. The grant establishes and funds a consortium of public, private, and academic partners that will address cybersecurity issues related to smart grid infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest including Hawaii and Colorado. Dr. Birol Yeşilada will work with co-investigators Dr. Tugrul Daim, PSU engineering and technology management faculty, and Dr. Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, PSU senior research faculty (formerly executive director of Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity at the University of Washington-Bothell).
Creating a Central Cybersecurity Resource Hub for All Oregonians
This report, Cybersecurity Services, Education, and Funding: Best Practices and Strategy for Capacity Building in Oregon, builds on the ongoing efforts to increase the cybersecurity posture in the state of Oregon.
Oregon’s Senate Bill 90 (SB90), signed into law and effective as of July 1, 2017, requires the Oregon Office of the State Chief Information Officer (OSCIO) to draft a proposal for an Oregon Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CCoE). To assist with the process of drafting the proposal for this high-priority initiative and fulfill the requirements set out in the bill, the OSCIO engaged Portland State University’s Center for Public Service (CPS) to help decision-makers gather evidence and further understand where the CCoE might direct its work.