Session Abstract

According to the Congressional Cyber Security Caucus there are more than 3 million indications of malicious activity per year in civilian government networks. Sean Henry, an assistant director of the FBI, says that so far this year, cyber criminals have stolen over $100 million from US banks. In answer to this national threat Merit and the state of Michigan are building a flexible cyber security program to meet the twenty-first century needs of critical infrastructure defense, homeland security, criminal justice and education.
The program is centered on the Michigan Cyber Range, a state of the art facility that provides a secure,