The Department of War (DoW) Cyber Service Academy (CSA) (formerly the Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program) is both a scholarship program for the DoW, and a capacity building tool for the nation. The program is a result of commitment from DoW and Congress to support higher education as a means to prepare the DoW workforce to deal with threats against the Department’s critical information system and networks.
Given our increasing reliance on cyber, information technology (IT), the growing threats to information, and information systems and infrastructures, it is critical that the DoW protect itself. To do so, the DoW must be staffed with technically savvy personnel. To help achieve this task, the DoW CSA was established. The DoW CSA is sponsored and administered by the DoW Office of the Chief Information Officer. The objectives of the program are to promote higher education in all disciplines of cyber, to enhance the Department’s ability to recruit and retain cyber and IT specialists, to increase the number of military and civilian personnel in the DoW with this expertise, and ultimately, to enhance the nation’s cyber posture.
The DoW CSA is authorized by Chapter 112 of U.S.C., Section 2200, designed to encourage the recruitment of the nation’s top cyber talent and the retention of DoW personnel who have skills necessary to meet the DoW’s cyber requirements and help secure our nation against threats of information systems and networks. Provide scholarships to students in pursuit of cyber-related degrees at validated cyber programs of studies at designated institutions.
For more information please visit: https://www.cloud.mil/Academic-Programs/DoW-Cyber-Service-Academy/