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CS/CIS Degree Programs Receive National Security Agency Certification

The National Information Assurance Education and Training Program (NIETP), which is administered by the National Security Agency (NSA), has certified JSU’s CS and CIS courseware to meet all of the elements of the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) National Training Standards for:

Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professionals, NSTISSI No. 4011
System Administrators (SA), CNSSI No. 4013 Entry Level

This certification adds a tremendous value to JSU’s CS and CIS degrees in that an NSA certificate can now be given to each graduate who completes the set of courseware. In addition, it brings JSU one step closer to being designated as a national Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education.

The course mapping work was performed during the summer months by Drs. Guillermo Francia, III, Monica Trifas, and Aaron Garrett of the MCIS Department.

 

CISA Tutorial on Basic Computer Security

CISA has developed a brief tutorial on computer security covering topics such as

  • Password management
  • Email security
  • Phishing and Social Engineering
  • Data backups
All visitors are encouraged to review the tutorial and complete the accompanying quiz.
 

Online Password Cracking Discussion

A discussion of both commercial and freely available software for discovering passwords. Insecure.org has a top ten list of available password crackers, and SANS has a great (and very accessible) article that describes how a password cracker actually works.

February 6, 2009 from 12pm-1pm in Ayers Hall 259

 

Security Compliance and Auditing Discussion

A Unified Approach to Information Security Compliance — Educause Review
Security Audit FAQs — Ounce Labs 

March 6, 2009 from 12pm-1pm in Ayers Hall 259

 

Network Discovery and Mapping Discussion

A discussion of freely available software for performing network discovery, including Wireshark (a packet sniffer) and Nmap (a full network mapper).

April 3, 2009 from 12pm-1pm in Ayers Hall 259

 


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