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Becoming a CAE/IA - The Process

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

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Becoming a CAE/IA - The Process

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  1. Becoming a CAE/IA - The Process

  2. Centers of Academic Excellence • Center Designations • Benefits • The Process Website: www.nsa.gov/ia/academia/caeiae.cfm

  3. 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”

  4. Center Designations • Program Statistics • 8 years old • 66 CAEs NOTE: Only four CAEs in Northeast U.S. • Application deadline – mid-December, annually

  5. Center Designations • CAEs in Northeast U.S. • Massachusetts: • Boston University • Northeastern University • University of Massachusetts – Amherst • Vermont: • Norwich University • Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut - NONE

  6. Benefits • Formal recognition from U.S. government • Prestige • Publicity • Scholarship eligibility • Grant eligibility

  7. 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

  8. 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)

  9. The Criteria for CAE Status

  10. The Criteria for CAE Status

  11. 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

  12. The Journey… • Not for the faint of heart • Not for the undecided or uncommitted • The Recipients: high honor with multiple, collateral, unanticipated rewards

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