The Univ. of West Florida (UWF) and Metova CyberCENTS have partnered to create the Florida Cyber Range that will be based on the company’s portfolio of cyber range simulators and be used for training and testing solutions for academic, government, military and commercial organizations.
“The Florida Cyber Range provides a state-of-the-art environment to help cyber security students and professionals gain valuable practical skills to detect and defend against real world cyber attacks,” Dr. Eman El-Sheikh, director of the UWF Center for Cybersecurity, said in a statement on Wednesday. “The range will help organizations differentiate themselves and prepare against emerging threats and attacks through innovative training experiences.”
Metova CyberCENTS, which is based in Illinois, has a number of software products used to simulate network operations centers or a global Internet environment, Internet routing, penetration testing, training, test and evaluation, mission rehearsal, tool development and tactics refinement. The company’s simulators are also interoperable with products from other vendors.
“We envision a future public-private enterprise that will encourage cyber innovation and training, all while being supportive of entrepreneurship,” Bill Dunn, president of Metova CyberCENTS, said in a statement.
The UWF is the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security Center of Academic Excellence Regional Resource Center for the Southeast U.S. The center provides leadership to help cyber defense education among colleges and universities in the Southeast.