Federal Designation in Information Assurance Education

TThe National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) designated Syracuse University as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE) as well as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance - Research (CAE-R). Syracuse University was first designated as a CAEIAE in 2001 when it joined other prestigious universities such as Carnegie Mellon and Stanford in this honor. SU was re-designated as a CAEIAE in 2004 and in 2007 for an additional five years. It also received a CAE-R designation in 2009.

NSA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) jointly sponsor the National Centers of Academic Excellence in IA Education (CAEIAE) and CAE-Research (CAE-R) programs. The goal of these programs is to reduce vulnerability in our national information infrastructure by promoting higher education and research in IA and producing a growing number of professionals with IA expertise in various disciplines. Designation as a CAEIAE or CAE-R is valid for five academic years, after which the school must successfully reapply in order to retain its CAE designation.

Students attending these designated schools are eligible to apply for scholarships and grants through the Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP) and the Federal Cyber Service Scholarship for Service Program. CAEIAEs and CAE-Rs receive formal recognition from the U.S. Government as well as opportunities for prestige and publicity for their role in securing our Nation's information systems. Graduates from the CAE programs enter the workforce prepared to make an immediate contribution, leading the Nation to a more secure future.