Center for Public Safety & Cybersecurity Education

Charting New Frontiers in Public Safety and Cybersecurity

The Center for Public Safety and Cybersecurity Education (CPSCE) provides cross-disciplinary education and training that prepares professionals to effectively prevent, solve and investigate cybersecurity issues and challenges. The Center leverages its faculty – who are both thought leaders and practitioners – along with Franklin University’s reputation for excellence in curriculum and course development to create learning experiences that address prevailing security concerns within industries and communities.

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Degrees & Certificates

Choose from a variety of education and training options – from professional and academic certificate programs that can help you elevate your expertise quickly, to full degrees designed for real-world application. 

Partner Solutions & Training

The CPSCE partners with businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide customized training, course and curriculum development, evaluation services and research, and pathways to college credit for training and professional development.

Why CPSCE?

The Center merges Franklin University’s reputation for providing education that’s in sync with industry needs with its unsurpassed capabilities in curriculum design and course development, and focuses them to address the evolving needs of public safety and cybersecurity. Top-notch faculty and our state-of-the-art learning management system make the Center ideally suited to create dynamic experiences that resonate with adult learners. 

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Nationally Recognized

National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense

Franklin University has been designated as a Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Defense since 2019, by the National Security Agency and its federal partners. Our B.S. in Cybersecurity received the program of study designation in 2019 and the M.S. in Cybersecurity program was designated in 2024. These designations were awarded as a result of a thorough investigation into the University's cybersecurity curriculum, faculty credentials, and competence in research and student involvement in cybersecurity activities.

For more information about the National Security Agency's Centers of Academic Excellence, please click here and for more information about the CAE Community, please click here.

National CyberWatch Center

Through our Center for Public Safety and Cybersecurity Education, a member of the National CyberWatch Center, the University collaboratively engages in efforts to advance cybersecurity education and strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity workforce. In service to communities and individuals, we provide access to the latest research impacting the industry, as well as innovations in cybersecurity education and training.   

Center for Public Safety and Cybersecurity Education

Franklin University’s Center for Public Safety and Cybersecurity Education provides the skills necessary to prepare professionals to effectively prevent, solve and investigate cybersecurity issues and challenges. The Center’s offerings leverage its faculty – who are both thought leaders and practitioners – along with Franklin University’s reputation for excellence in curriculum and course development to create learning experiences that address prevailing security concerns within industries and communities.

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Events & Resources

The effects of crime and cybercrime are far-reaching. For that reason, the Center provides public safety and cybersecurity resources and events that cater to groups with diverse needs, including business organizations, in-field professionals, community groups and individuals.  

About the Center

Learn more about the Center’s philosophy on serving partners, professionals and the central Ohio community and meet the team driving the important work we do.

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