Naval Academy Super Envisons Cybersecurity Center

The new superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy wants his campus to be a center for cybersecurity education. To help achieve that goal, the Annapolis, Md.-academy wants to build a $100 million building and have a slate of new cybersecurity classes.

Beginning with the class of 2015, an introductory cybersecurity class will replace a yet unnamed required course and Vice Adm. Michael H. Miller, expects the school to eventually produce graduates who specialize in cyberwarfare, The Baltimore Sun reported.

"It's an important part of my tenure here to get that project going forward," Miller, who started in August, told reporters last week, according to the newspaper.

The academy has not yet requested funding for the cybersecurity building, which Miller envisions as a secure collection of high-tech laboratories, and might first seek private donations.