Network Security Program at the University of Advancing Technology First of Its Kind in Arizona to be Recognized by National Security Agency.TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Network Security program at the University of Advancing Technology University of Advancing Technology (UAT) is a for-profit, family owned institution of higher education located in Tempe, Arizona as a single campus. Founded in 1983, UAT is a high tech university with multiple areas of study in technical fields, while retaining liberal arts (UAT) has been certified by the United States National Security Agency's (NSA) Information Assurance Courseware Evaluation (IACE IACE International Air Cadet Exchange IACE Illinois Association of County Engineers IACE Immunoaffinity Capillary Electrophoresis IACE Illinois Association of Code Enforcement ) program. The Network Security program, which is part of UAT's College of Software Engineering, is the first of its kind in Arizona to be thus recognized. Other colleges which have achieved the same information assurance training standards include Boston University, Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School The Naval Postgraduate School is a graduate school operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants primarily master's degrees plus some doctoral degrees to its students, who are mostly active duty officers from U.S. and foreign military services. . UAT's official certification is the "4011 CNSS National Standard for Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professionals" and "4013 National Standard for System Administrators in Information Systems Security (INFOSEC)." These are two of the five areas certified by the NSA. These certifications are part of a longer process by which UAT will achieve designation as a Center of Academic Excellence (CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. ) in Information Assurance Education. The NSA currently lists only a few dozen colleges as having achieved this status. According to Sherry Borror of the NSA's National Information Assurance Education and Training Program, the IACE program "provides consistency in training and education for the information assurance skills that are so critical to our nation." To attain the 4011 CNSS certification, UAT met 250 criteria in the categories of communications, automated information systems, security, system operating environment, National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security (NSTISS NSTISS National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security ) planning and management, and NSTISS policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental . To obtain the 4013 CNSS certification, UAT met 196 criteria in the categories of countermeasures, risk management, policies and administration, safeguards, tools, management, continuity of operations The degree or state of being continuous in the conduct of functions, tasks, or duties necessary to accomplish a military action or mission in carrying out the national military strategy. , configuration management and platform-specific security features. Students who complete a series of 13 courses including Network Defense and Countermeasures and Disaster Recovery and Backup will receive a certificate noting that they have completed a program that adheres to national training standards. UAT will receive its recognition and a certificate in spring 2005 at the annual Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) Annual Conference. The certification is valid for three years. Links: IA Courseware Evaluation Program: http://www.nsa.gov/ia/academia/iacmap.cfm?MenuID=10.1.1.1 UAT NetSec program: http://www.hackerdegree.com |
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