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The University of West Florida will receive a $200,000 grant from theNational Security Agency to help boost cybersecurity education programs for colleges and universities in the southeasternU.S.

NSA pickedUWFasthe location ofthe National Center of Academic Excellence Cybersecurity Regional Resource Center forhigher education institutions in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Puerto Rico, the universitysaid Monday.

UWFs Center for Cybersecurity will lead efforts to advance cyber defense education in the southeast region as well assupport new and existing CAE institutions as a CAERegional Resource Center.

Eman El-Sheikh, director of UWFs Center for Cybersecurity, said the universitywill work to provide cybersecurity program development support; facilitate faculty professional development activities; and foster research and education collaborations among Southeast institutions.

The university will also collaboratewithNSAs CAE Program Officeand other regional and national centers across U.S. to drivecybersecurity education and expand the CAE program nationwide.

NSA and the Department of Homeland Security designated UWF as a CAEin Cyber Defense Education last year.

The National Centers of Academic Excellence program aims to promote higher education and research in cyber defense as well as increase the number of cybersecurity professionals who help secure the U.S. information infrastructure.

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