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Cybersecurity Through Collective Strength
Cybersecurity Through Collective Strength
The Cybersecurity Center for Education, Research, and Outreach is an interdisciplinary center at the University of Michigan–Dearborn dedicated to advancing cybersecurity through research, education, and engagement.
CCERO creates a common intellectual and organizational home for faculty, students, laboratories, industry partners, and community stakeholders working on cybersecurity and closely related challenges.
Our Mission
Our Mission
To advance cybersecurity research and innovation, provide transformative experiential education, and create meaningful partnerships that strengthen the security and resilience of society.
Our Vision
Our Vision
CCERO aspires to become a leading regional hub where interdisciplinary cybersecurity research, hands-on education, workforce development, and community and industry engagement reinforce one another.
The Center will serve as a catalyst for collaborative research, externally funded projects, student and faculty innovation, and partnerships that translate university expertise into real-world impact.
Our Three Pillars
Our Three Pillars
Research
Research
Build interdisciplinary teams capable of addressing consequential cybersecurity problems and competing for significant federal and industry-sponsored research.
Education
Education
Create an experiential cybersecurity learning ecosystem that connects courses with laboratories, competitions, student organizations, certificates, and professional education.
Outreach
Outreach
Make CCERO a bridge connecting UM–Dearborn with industry, government, K–12 schools, and communities.
Leadership & Governance
Leadership & Governance
CCERO uses a distributed leadership structure consisting of:
Director
Provides strategic and administrative leadership for the Center.
Research Coordinator
Facilitates research thrusts, collaborations, seminars, research retreats, and proposal development.
Education Coordinator
Coordinates experiential laboratories, CTF activities, certificates, microcredentials, and workforce-development initiatives.
Outreach Coordinator
Coordinates the Cybersecurity Symposium, CyberTech Talks, K–12 programs, community engagement, and external partnerships.
An external Advisory Board provides additional industry, government, alumni, and community perspectives.
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