becoming a cae/ia - the process
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Becoming a CAE/IA - The Process. Centers of Academic Excellence. Center Designations Benefits The Process Website: www.nsa.gov/ia/academia/caeiae.cfm. Center Designations. NSA Objective - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Becoming a CAE/IA - The Process
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Centers of Academic Excellence
Center Designations
Benefits
The Process
Website: www.nsa.gov/ia/academia/caeiae.cfm
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Center Designations
NSA Objective• “To reduce vulnerability in our
national information infrastructure by promoting higher education in information assurance (IA)”
• “Producing a growing number of professionals with IA expertise in various disciplines”
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Center Designations
Program Statistics• 8 years old • 66 CAEs NOTE: Only four CAEs in Northeast U.S.
• Application deadline – mid-December, annually
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Center Designations
CAEs in Northeast U.S.• Massachusetts:
o Boston Universityo Northeastern Universityo University of Massachusetts – Amherst
• Vermont:o Norwich University
• Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut - NONE
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Benefits
Formal recognition from U.S. government
Prestige Publicity Scholarship eligibility Grant eligibility
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The Process Course mappings to NSTISSI 40XX
security series (two minimum) Filing of mappings for certification Post-certification, creation of CAE
application materials• Identification of gaps/missing elements• Plan for remedies
Filing Center application before mid-December deadline
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The Process
Course Mappings – estimates• 40 hours per standard
CAE application –• 3 months (Pace Univ., GWU and
NDU)• 6 months (West Chester Univ.)• 3 weeks for re-certifications (ESU)
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The Criteria for CAE Status
Criteria No.
Description
1. Partnerships in IA education
2. IA treated as a multidisciplinary science
3. University encourages the practice of IA
4. Academic program encourages IA research
5. Curriculum reaches beyond univ. borders
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The Criteria for CAE Status
Criteria No.
Description
6. Faculty active in IA R&P
7. State-of-the-Art IA Resources
8. Declared concentrations in IA
9. Declared Center for IA Education or Research
10. Full-time IA faculty
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The Essentials
College President / management team – full support for initiative
Dept. Chairs – ongoing support; consistent message that the project has priority status
Time-table – minimum deviation
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The Journey…
Not for the faint of heart
Not for the undecided or uncommitted
The Recipients: high honor with multiple, collateral, unanticipated rewards