[ISN] DHS, NSA team on cybersecurity

From: William Knowles (wk@private)
Date: Wed Apr 28 2004 - 02:24:30 PDT

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    http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0426/web-nsa-04-27-04.asp
    
    By Frank Tiboni 
    April 27, 2004
    
    The National Security Agency and the Homeland Security Department will 
    work together on educational initiatives to strengthen the country's 
    computer infrastructure.
    
    On April 22, officials from NSA and DHS announced the formation of the 
    National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance 
    Education. It stems from NSA's Centers of Academic Excellence in 
    Information Assurance Education Program, which started in 1998 and 
    recognizes 50 universities in 26 states.
    
    "America is already reaping benefits from the current centers," said 
    Daniel Wolf, director of NSA's Information Assurance Directorate, in a 
    statement. "Graduates steeped in information assurance education are 
    now entering the federal and greater American workforce. Those 
    graduates, and graduates to come, are forming the cornerstone for 
    America, taking cybersecurity to the very edges of the National 
    Information Infrastructure and the Global Information Grid."
    
    The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, issued in 2002 by the Bush 
    administration, directs the government to foster training and 
    education programs that support computer security needs and 
    responsibilities, and improve existing information assurance programs.
    
    Earlier this month, NSA officials announced they would hire 1,500 
    people by September and 1,500 employees each year for the next five 
    years. Agency jobs include information technology and acquisition 
    positions in addition to traditional code-making and code-breaking 
    roles, according to an April 7 statement.
    
    
    
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