Forwarded From: SpyKingat_private NSA Taps Universities For Info Security Studies The National Security Agency has designated seven U.S. universities as centers for information-security education, the agency said Tuesday. The NSA, a super-secret spy agency that wields broad power over U.S. encryption policy, named two private Virginia universities and a handful of state universities as Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. They are: James Madison University, George Mason University, Idaho State University, Iowa State University, Purdue University, University of California at Davis, and the University of Idaho.The centers are expected to become "focal points for recruiting, and may create a climate to encourage independent research in information assurance," the NSA said.The agency said the decision to launch the information-assurance program represented an attempt to reach out and form partnerships with industry pursuant to a Clinton administration directive last year on critical infrastructure protection.The seven centers will be formally recognized during a conference on information-security systems scheduled for May 25 to 29 at IBM's conference facility in Palisades, N.Y. <http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990512S0005 > -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Hacker News Network [www.hackernews.com]
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