ABOUT OCRI

In December 2017, the University of Cincinnati partnered with the Ohio Department of Higher Education and the Ohio Adjutant General's Department to explore and demonstrate the use of an Ohio Cyber Range.
Phase II of the Ohio Cyber Range leveraged the University of Cincinnati's multi-year experience running a virtual cloud environment and the institution's distinct comprehensive approach to Cybersecurity in which multiple disciplines collaborate on programs, including two NSA Centers of Excellence in Cyber Operations and Cyber Defense, and ABET-accredited undergraduate program in Cybersecurity, as well as several graduate programs.
Phase III began in November, 2019. This phase continues on the successes of Phase II and resulted standing up the Ohio Cyber Range Institute at the University of Cincinnati, continuing the Core Service Sites at UC and UA, and designating multiple OCRI-Regional Programming Centers across the state.
Ohio Cyber Range Institute supports the Cyber education in different ways to create awareness among the citizens.
Cyber security awareness to Ohio citizens is created through below citizen activities.
The Ohio Cyber Range Institute Team
Executive Staff

Hazem Said, PhD
Co-Director, OCRI
Head, School of Information Technology

Richard Harknett, PhD
Co-Director, OCRI
Head, Department of Political Science

Marc Cahay, PhD
Co-Director, OCRI
Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Rebekah Michael
Executive Staff Director, OCRI
Associate Professor Educator, School of Information Technology

Ryan Moore
Lead Educator, OCRI
Assistant Professor Educator,
School of Information Technology

John Franco, PhD
Educator, OCRI
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering

Albert Klein Jr. , PhD
Educator, OCRI
Assistant Professor Educator,
School of Public and International Affairs

Kevin Mamula
Associate Director, Cyber Exercises & Technology, OCRI
Operations Staff

Stephanie Ellis
Program Director, Center for Cyber Strategy and Policy, UC (OCRI - RPC Subaward POC)

Stewart Mustin
Associate Director, RPC Engagement, OCRI

Samuel Bricking
Computer Systems Administrator II, OCRI