About Us

What is CyberAI?

CyberAI sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. It spans two complementary disciplines: using AI to strengthen cyber defense, and securing AI systems themselves against emerging threats.

Using AI

AI for Cybersecurity

  • Threat detection
  • Security analytics
  • Security Operations Center automation
  • Malware analysis
  • Anomaly detection

Securing AI

Security of AI Systems

  • Adversarial machine learning
  • Prompt injection defense
  • AI risk assessment
  • Model robustness
  • Secure AI deployment

How students grow

CyberAI Competency Framework

Foundations

  • Cybersecurity principles
  • Data literacy
  • AI fundamentals

Applied CyberAI

  • Feature engineering
  • Machine learning workflows
  • Security analytics

Advanced CyberAI

  • Threat modeling
  • AI assurance
  • Research methods

Mission

What we do

To create a scalable national pathway model that enables students to progress from early exposure in cybersecurity and AI to advanced education, research, and workforce opportunities.

Vision

Where we're headed

A nationally connected ecosystem where every student interested in CyberAI can identify a clear pathway from high school through advanced study and into impactful careers.

How we work

Core Principles

Pathway-Centered Design

Experiential Learning

Mentoring & Community

Broad Participation

Workforce Alignment

National Scalability

CYAI Career Development

The US CYAI Bridge program provides the much needed faculty and peer mentorship and professional development activities so the students can successfully transition to the next stage of their cyber career from high school GenCyber or JROTC program to PhD programs through the CAE-2Y, CAE-4Y and CAE-R schools possibly with the support from NSF CyberCorps SFS and DoD CySP scholarships, with a specific focus on women and minority participation.

The effort is being led by the PolySec Lab at Cal Poly Pomona as a national framework based on its participation in existing federal programs such as NSF CyberCorps SFS, N-CAE CD, DoD CySP, NSA GenCyber, ONR NRTOC and JRTOC cyber programs. The design and implementation of the program is supported in part by National Science Foundation.

Inside the Program

The US CYAI Bridge program has three components:

1

High School CYAI Bridge

Provides a faculty mentor network and professional development activities for high school juniors who may have participated in programs such as NSA GenCyber or NSF JRTOC cyber academy to successfully get admitted to a CAE-2Y or CAE-4Y program.

2

College CYAI Bridge

Provides a faculty mentor network and professional development activities for CAE-2Y juniors who may have participated in programs such as CyberCorps SFS or DoD CySP program to successfully transfer into a CAE-4Y program, possibly with continual scholarship support.

3

Grad School CYAI Bridge

Provides a faculty mentor network and professional development activities for CAE-4Y juniors who may have participated in programs such as CyberCorps SFS or DoD CySP program to successfully transfer into a CAE-R program and pursue a cybersecurity faculty career.

CYAI Bridge Regions

The US CYAI Bridge will have four regional clusters: Northeast, Midwest, South and West with coordination from NSF CyberCorps SFS program, N-CAE, DoD CySP and NSA GenCyber program and relevant communities. Please visit the Get Involved page for more information.