CyberWATCH will advance and disseminate best practices, standards, and benchmarks designed to prepare information security specialists capable of responding effectively to accelerating changes in information assurance and to the immediate security needs of critical infrastructures in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

Goals:

The over arching goal of CyberWATCH is to improve the quantity and quality of the information security workforce in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area at all levels: high school, associate, baccalaureate, and advance degree levels.

This is to be accomplished through the following five goals:

:: Information Security Education
:: Professional Development
:: Career Pathways
:: Dissemination and Sustainability
:: Security Awareness