At the center of the cybersecurity conversation.

The National Cybersecurity Institute at Excelsior College is an academic and research center dedicated to assisting government, industry, military, and academic sectors meet the challenges in cybersecurity policy, technology, and education.

The NCI is shaping a coordinated effort to build the cybersecurity workforce and influence an informed leadership base that implements cutting-edge cybersecurity policy. We target the development of effective cybersecurity practice in specific sectors, including health care, finance, utilities/energy, telecommunications, and education/training.

Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education

The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security have designated Excelsior College as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education.

Leadership

Kevin Moore, Interim Director of National Cybersecurity Institute

Kevin Moore is the faculty program director for the Master of Science in Cybersecurity program. He has more than three decades of professional and academic experience in the field of IT and two decades in cybersecurity, most recently serving as a senior cybersecurity engineer at GM Financial, where he helped lead the management and investigation of cyber breaches as part of the International Incident Response team. In addition to his significant senior-level professional experience in the field, he has served as an instructor, subject matter expert, and course developer at Western Governors University, American Intercontinental University, and other institutions.

Moore is nearing the completion of his Doctor of Information Technology at Walden University, where he is specializing in Strategic IT Leadership and Applied Quantitative and Qualitative Research. He is completing a dissertation on strategies used by small businesses to detect and prevent cybersecurity threats.

National Cybersecurity Institute Fellows

Weylin Brad Leavitt

Weylin Brad Leavitt is a cybersecurity leader and technical subject matter expert. He works for the Defense Intelligence Agency, where he is assigned to the chief information officer for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Leavitt is responsible for providing access and customer support to seven worldwide networks across the Indo-Pacific Command theater.

Leavitt is a 2008 graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where he studied computer engineering. In 2010, he became an active-duty Air Force officer and quickly became well- known among the cadre of cyber operators. He was first assigned to the Air Force Enterprise Service Desk for three years, creating policies and leading quality assurance efforts, before being deployed with the U.S. Army to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. There he fulfilled the role of system operations officer-in-charge at the Regional Network Operations Service Center-Afghanistan. After returning from deployment, he was assigned to the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team, becoming mission-qualified and eventually commanding one of the six Air Force Cyber Weapon Systems. He was responsible for conducting various cyber defensive operations against all activities, from daily phishing attempts to large-scale network attacks.