This SimSpace one-pager is for faculty and program directors preparing an application to the National CAE-Cybersecurity Program, and explains how a cyber range supports a CAE cyber defense program bid. Its stated argument is that a SimSpace Cyber Range directly strengthens several of the core areas an institution must evidence to win designation, rather than sitting beside the coursework as a separate lab. The document is aimed at institutions building or extending a cybersecurity curriculum that needs to demonstrate hands-on capability as part of cyber workforce readiness, not coursework alone. SimSpace publishes companion one-pagers for master’s cybersecurity programs and R1 research institutions, so a department applying across several program types can assemble the whole picture. Download the one-pager for the mapping between range capability and designation requirements.
