Midwest CISSE Chapter: CyberPatriot Program

Tamara Shoemaker was the Program Manager for the Auto-ISAC’s Automotive Cybersecurity Training Program (ACT) for the last two years, combining her academic experience with her new automotive knowledge to produce this new training in cooperation with the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration. While serving as the director of the University of Detroit Mercy's Center for Cyber Security & Intelligence Studies (CCSIS). Shoemaker has a long history as a businesswoman and entrepreneur in this region. She has coordinated all outreach with state and federal agencies as well as international, educational, and business contacts for the Center. She also facilitated the Center's many initiatives in cybersecurity with a broad range of government, academic, industry, and law enforcement stakeholders.She holds the title of President of the Michigan Midwest Regional Chapter of CISSE (MCISSE), a regional coalition of university and community college cybersecurity programs. As a founding board member of this chapter, she helped form partnerships across several Midwest states and internationally. She is also a member of the Executive Board of the Michigan Air & Space Force Association.Her primary mission is to address the shortage of specifically educated and trained cybersecurity professionals.  The funding she has obtained from the State of Michigan has allowed her to develop the Michigan CyberPatriot program. CyberPatriot provides a structured educational experience for well over 1000 high school and middle school students and cybersecurity teaching materials for Michigan’s K-12 educators. In that respect. She has facilitated the Center’s unique engagement in cybersecurity teaching at the middle and high school level, primarily through innovative cybersecurity summer camps. In conjunction with this program, she created a digital badging system to further motivate and distinguish Michigan CyberPatriot participation, which is the first of its kind in the nation. (https://www.micyberpatriot.com) Finally, she and her husband, Dan Shoemaker, published a groundbreaking book for Secondary school teachers entitled “Teaching Cybersecurity” with CRC Press and can be purchase on Amazon.

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