§ 24-33.5-1904 — Education - training - workforce development

Colorado § 24-33.5-1904

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Public Safety

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(1) The
university of Colorado at Colorado Springs may partner with other institutions of
higher education and a nonprofit organization that supports national, state, and
regional cybersecurity initiatives to establish and expand cyber higher education
programs and establish needed cyber education and training laboratories. The
subject areas of such higher education programs may include, but need not be
limited to, courses certified by the national security agency and the United States
department of homeland security; a systems engineering approach to the study of
cyber network architectures, threats, and defenses; business management; foreign
language skills; legal issues; cryptology; technology development; and science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics courses.

(2) In furtherance of subsection (1) of this section, the university of Colorado
at Colorado Springs, in conjunction with other institutions of higher education and a
nonprofit organization, may:

(a) Coordinate with the United States department of homeland security and
the national security agency to certify cyber courses and curricula;

(b) Coordinate planning for cyber education with appropriate institutions of
higher education in Colorado, the United States Army reserve cyber consortium,
and appropriate national institutions of higher education that have programs
certified by the department of homeland security or the national security agency;

(c) Coordinate with community colleges in the development and
transferability of appropriate curriculum and technical certification programs, and
provide coordination for the development of elementary and secondary education
feeder programs;

(d) Establish a public policy think tank as an academic research center of
excellence for government, academic, and industrial communications, conferences,
research, and publications;

(e) Establish education, including online courses if appropriate, training, and
academic symposia for government leaders at all levels;

(f) Establish protocols for coordinating and sharing information with state
and federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies responsible for
investigating and collecting information related to cyber-based criminal and
national security threats;

(g) Support state and federal law enforcement agencies with their
responsibilities to investigate and prosecute threats to and attacks against critical
infrastructure; and

(h) Include distributed ledger technologies within its curricula and research
and development activities.

(3) The university of Colorado at Colorado Springs shall participate in
activities in furtherance of this section only upon the approval of the board of
regents of the university of Colorado, if required by the laws and policies of the
board of regents.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2016: Entire part added, (HB 16-1453), ch. 189, p. 669, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2018: IP(2), (2)(f), and (2)(g) amended and (2)(h) added, (SB 18-086), ch. 319, p. 1916, � 3, effective May 30.