UIS Designated as National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education 

The University of Illinois at Springfield has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE) for academic years 2009 through 2014. The award was made by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security , joint sponsors of the CAEIAD program. "This award gives UIS the prestige of having a role in securing our nation's information systems," said Dr. Ted Mims, chair of UIS' Computer Science Department and Director of the Center of Systems Security and Information Assurance within the department. For full text of the article click here.

CSSIA Faculty and Professional Development 2009

Each summer and for the past six years, CSSIA has trained over 1200 educators by offering a wide range of Cyber Security workshops at little or no cost to faculty.  These workshops are geared towards providing college and university faculty with the tools and skills required to teach numerous topics in Information Assurance and Forensics technologies. Summer 2009 schedule. *Note: Workshops are constantly being added so please check back as changes are posted.  

CSSIA CERT-SIA Collaboration

CERT has published their academic curriculum for colleges and universities interested in teaching and building a comprehensive information assurance program.  It is free for qualified faculty on request (Click Here). 

The CERT-SIA courses have been mapped to the national standards set by the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) for Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professionals, NSTISSI 4011, and System Administrators (SA), CNSSI 4013, entry level meet approximately 95% of the objectives. Also, check out https://www.vte.cert.org/vteweb/. CERT's Virtual Training Environment has many wonderful asynchronous training modules in information assurance. See also CERT's Organizational Security page; lots of good info.

CSSIA Informational Videos

Check out our informational videos CSSIA Education or CSSIA Outreach.