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91´ÎÔª - Cybersecurity Center

The Montana Center for Cybersecurity Workforce & Rural Policy​

A Montana University System Cybersecurity Initiative​

Our mission is to unify and advance cybersecurity efforts across the state by fostering collaboration between public institutions and private organizations.

We focus on three core pillars - education, policy, and protection - to strengthen cybersecurity capabilities and enhance resilience throughout Montana.

Strengthening Cybersecurity Across Montana

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Education

Advance your future through academic programs and professional development opportunities.

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Practice

Build skills through cyber ranges, lab environments, and simulations that prepare you for real-world threats.

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Protection

Boost Montana's defensive posture with student-led operations, threat monitoring, and exercises that safeguard communities.

National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber-Defense (CAE-CD) Education

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The National Security Agency (NSA) has identified Missoula College as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber-Defense (CAE-CD) Education. The CAE designation is bestowed to colleges that deliver an NSA-approved Cybersecurity curriculum led by faculty with the appropriate academic and industry-recognized credentials.

The Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) designation indicates that Missoula College is helping reduce threats to our national infrastructure by promoting higher education and research in cyber-defense and providing the nation with a pipeline of qualified cybersecurity professionals.

All regionally accredited two-year, four-year, and graduate-level institutions in the United States are eligible to apply to become a CAE-CD designated institution. To maintain the CAE-CD designation, an institution or program must apply to be re-evaluated every five academic years. More information is available from the .