[ISN] DHS, NSA team on cybersecurity

[William Knowles]

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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