AFIT's Center for Cyberspace Research is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
The Center for Cyberspace Research, established in March 2002, conducts defense-focused research at the Master’s and PhD levels. On June 19, 2008, the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force designated the Air Force Institute of Technology and the Center for Cyberspace Research as the Air Force’s Cyberspace Technical Center of Excellence (CyTCoE).
The CCR is forward-looking and responsive to the changing educational and research needs of the Air Force, Department of Defense, and the federal government. The CCR faculty teaches and performs research focusing on understanding and developing advanced cyber-related theories and technologies. These theory and technology advancements have included efforts in network intrusion detection and avoidance, insider threat mitigation, cyberspace situational awareness, network visualization, software protection, and anti-tamper technologies development.