The Division of Information Technology is in charge of cybersecurity planning, policies, and implementations. They provide services to the academic units, end-users, and system administrators. Complete list of services, awareness and training materials, and cybersecurity resources are accessible at the Security site.
Student Organizations with Security Activities:
Upcoming Cyber Competitions:
CAE Community - Cyber Competition Atlas
Past cyber competitions of Cybersecurity Club members:
Hackwarz, 2026, 1st place
Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition, 2026, 2nd place
Hackwarz, 2025, 1st place
Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition, 2025, 3rd place
SECCDC, 2025
News about our students' competition successes and events are announced at the main CSE website.
Some recent news:
iCAS Undergraduate Researchers Earn First Place at USC Discover
Quantum Computing Workforce Development in the New Era of Computing
USC Team Jiarong Xu and Bose Kaikini win Quantum Machine Learning Challenge
South Carolina AI4Science Summer Camp at USC for high school students
Using novel technologies for removing computer memory bottlenecks
Honors College Students Emma and Madeleine McBride Earn Cyber Service Academy National Fellowship
Useful external resources
NSA CAE-C Designation Information
Security Related Government Websites
- DHS: Cybersecurity
- DISA: Defense Information Systems Agency
- Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
- NIST: Cybersecurity Framework
- CISA: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- RAND Organization: Cyberwarfare Resouces
Security News and Articles
- Homeland Security News Wire - Cybersecurity
- CISA Cybersecurity Alerts and Advisories
- SANS Cybersecurity News Bites
- Crowdstrike
- Dark Reading
- The Hacker News
- Wired
Cybersecurity Journals & Conferences
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