Information Assurance Education: The National Information Assurance Education and Training Program's Centers of Academic Excellence

摘要

Vic Maconochy and Christine Nickell of the National Information Assurance Education and V Training Program (NIAETP) informed the audience about their education and training activities and its Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. The President's National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, 14 February 2003, refers to cyberspace as the nervous system of our nation's critical infrastructures and indicates that the healthy functioning of cyberspace is essential to our economy and our national security. Securing cyberspace presents a difficult strategic challenge, and information assurance education is a critical component in successfully meeting mat challenge.