{"id":213184,"date":"2026-02-13T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/unm-re-designated-as-a-national-center-of-academic-excellence-in-cybersecurity-research\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:00:10","slug":"unm-re-designated-as-a-national-center-of-academic-excellence-in-cybersecurity-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/unm-re-designated-as-a-national-center-of-academic-excellence-in-cybersecurity-research\/","title":{"rendered":"UNM re-designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.unm.edu\/news\/unm-re-designated-as-a-national-center-of-academic-excellence-in-cybersecurity-research\">UNM re-designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Research<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.unm.edu\/news\/unm-re-designated-as-a-national-center-of-academic-excellence-in-cybersecurity-research\">https:\/\/news.unm.edu\/news\/unm-re-designated-as-a-national-center-of-academic-excellence-in-cybersecurity-research<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-13 15:37:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"news.unm.edu\">news.unm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The University of New Mexico has been redesignated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research (CAE-R) through the 2030 academic year.<\/p>\n<p>This prestigious recognition reflects a strong, interdisciplinary collaboration among the Anderson School of Management, the Department of Computer Science, and the Department of Electrical &#038; Computer Engineering (ECE) within the School of Engineering, reinforcing UNM\u2019s position as a leading research institution.<\/p>\n<p>The National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) program is managed by the National Security Agency\u2019s National Cryptologic University in partnership with federal agencies including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, the National Science Foundation, and others. The program\u2019s mission is to strengthen the nation\u2019s cybersecurity workforce by recognizing institutions that demonstrate excellence in high-quality, innovative education and research through designations such as CAE-R.<\/p>\n<p>The redesignation effort was led by Anderson faculty members Sandra Moore, Sc.D., clinical business faculty member, and Robert Luo, Ph.D., distinguished professor in the Department of Marketing, Information, and Decision Sciences (MIDS), alongside School of Engineering faculty Christos Christodoulou, Ph.D., professor in Electrical &#038; Computer Engineering and Afsah Anwar, Ph.D., assistant professor in Computer Science.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process involves an intensive audit of faculty research productivity, program sustainability, and strategic vision,\u201d said Luo. \u201cIt culminates in a rigorous peer review by federal partners to ensure the institution meets the highest national standards for research excellence.\u201d The year-long evaluation examines the previous five years of faculty and student research, publications, and outreach activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis achievement is truly interdisciplinary,\u201d Luo added. \u201cWhile faculty in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science focus&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.unm.edu\/news\/unm-re-designated-as-a-national-center-of-academic-excellence-in-cybersecurity-research\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNM re-designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Research https:\/\/news.unm.edu\/news\/unm-re-designated-as-a-national-center-of-academic-excellence-in-cybersecurity-research Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/iprsoftwaremedia.com\/175\/files\/20261\/698dff973d6332afa7a02bd3_CAE-R%20Hero%20image3\/CAE-R%20Hero%20image3_hero.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-213184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213186,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213184\/revisions\/213186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}