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University College Information Systems Security Program receives NSA Designation
The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) jointly announce the designation of the University of Denver as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for academic years 2008 through 2013. DU was one of ten universities that received this award.
The National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education Program is intended to reduce vulnerabilities in the national information infrastructure by promoting higher education in information assurance and producing a growing number of professionals with information assurance expertise in various disciplines. CAE schools have enabled government, academia and industry to recruit students to meet their specific requirements. The knowledge these students have obtained has contributed to a tremendous source of well educated and trained information assurance personnel that are a great asset to the nation.
Designation as a Center is good for five academic years, after which a university must successfully reapply in order to retain the designation. The designations and re-designations for 2008 result in a total of 93 Centers across 37 states and the District of Columbia.
Presentations will be made to new and re-designated Centers on 4 June 2008 during an awards ceremony at the annual conference of the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education. The conference will be held at the University of Texas at Dallas on June 2 – 4 2008.
The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security jointly sponsor the National Centers of Academic Excellence Program. This partnership was formed in April 2004, and responds to Priority III of the President’s National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace of 2003 that directs the Federal Government to foster training and education programs to support the Nation’s cyber security needs, and to increase the efficiency of existing Federal cyber security programs. The President’s National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace refers to cyberspace as the nervous system of our Nation’s critical infrastructures, and indicates that the healthy functioning of cyberspace is essential to our economy and our national security. Securing cyberspace presents a difficult strategic challenge, and information assurance education is a critical component in successfully meeting that challenge.
Universities designated as Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education are eligible to apply for scholarships and grants through both the Federal and Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Programs.
Media representatives interested in additional information regarding the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education Program may contact the Public and Media Affairs Office at 301-688-6524 or by email at nsapao@nsa.gov. Individuals interested in additional information, please visit our web site, www.nsa.gov/ia, or contact the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education program office via e-mail at AskCAEIAE@nsa.gov.