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Information Assurance Education at University of South Carolina

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering offers a comprehensive Information Assurance Education program, including undergraduate and graduate courses, a certificate program, and research opportunities.

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Information Assurance Education at University of South Carolina

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  1. Information Assurance (IA) Education Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of South Carolina, Columbia Computer Science and Engineering

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering • 22 tenured or tenure track faculty members • Undergraduate programs • Computer Engineering • Computer Information Systems • Computer Science • Graduate Programs • Certificate of Graduate Studies in Information Assurance and Security • Master of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering • Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering • Master of Software Engineering • Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering

  3. Information Assurance Education • 3 faculty members with primary interest in IA • Csilla Farkas: Information assurance, web data security and privacy, damage and social vulnerability analysis of cyber attacks • Chin-Tser Huang: Intrusion detection, wireless security, network protocols • Wenyuan Xu: Wireless networking and security, sensor networks, jamming detection and avoidance • 6 faculty members with IA-related research • Duncan Buell, Caroline Eastman, Stephen Fenner, Michael Huhns, Manton Matthews, and John Rose Computer Science and Engineering

  4. IA Education • IA courses have been offered regularly since 2000 • 5 undergraduate and graduate-level courses • 8 graduate-level courses • Graduate Certificate Program in Information Assurance and Security (IA&S), effective since Fall 2004 http://www.cse.sc.edu/research/isl/ia&s_certificate.html • Courses meet the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) Training Standards 4011, 4013, and 4014 • Required for Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education designated by the National Security Agency Computer Science and Engineering

  5. Graduate Certificate Program in IA&S Targeted group • Graduate students enrolled in one of the graduate level programs • IT professionals working in security related fields Computer Science and Engineering

  6. IA&S Certificate Graduate Program Admission Requirements • Baccalaureate degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field • Work experience as information security professional • Admission requirements for graduate study at the Department of Computer Science and Engineeringhttp://www.cse.sc.edu/GRADUATE/AdmissionsPage.html Computer Science and Engineering

  7. IA&S Certificate Program Graduation requirements • 18 hours of graduate study with B average • 9 hours core courses • 9 hours of elective courses Computer Science and Engineering

  8. Core Courses • CSCE 522 – Information Systems Security Principles • Offered every Fall semester • Required for Computer Information Systems majors • CSCE 715– Network Security • Offered every Fall semester • CSCE 727 – Information Warfare • Offered every 3rd semester Computer Science and Engineering

  9. Elective Courses • CSCE 201 – Introduction to Computer Security • CSCE 517 – Computer Crime and Forensics • CSCE 548 – Secure Software Construction • CSCE 557 – Introduction to Cryptography • CSCE 790 – Security and Privacy for Emerging Ubiquitous Communication system • CSCE 813 – Internet Security • CSCE 814 – Distributed Systems Security • CSCE 824 – Secure Database Systems Computer Science and Engineering

  10. Center for Information Assurance Engineering (CIAE)http://www.cse.sc.edu/research/isl/ Computer Science and Engineering

  11. Future Considerations Research and Education • Goal: • Understand workforce demand and available educational resources • Strategic plan for future to optimize resource usage • Student enrollment in CSE programs and in IA courses • Undergraduate vs. graduate education vs. certification • Skills needed by industry • Collaboration between academic institutes, industry, and government • Demand for workforce  attract students for computing and IA • Support for IA centers  scholarship for students, internship, travel to conferences, etc. • Sharing IA course materials  enhanced IA education, distant education, guest lectures Computer Science and Engineering

  12. Contact Information Center for Information Assurance Engineering http://www.cse.sc.edu/research/isl Csilla Farkas farkas@cec.sc.edu Computer Science and Engineering

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