The mantra of any good security engineer is: 'Security is a not a product, but a process.' It's more than designing strong cryptography into a system; it's designing the entire system such that all security measures, including cryptography, work together.
Mission
The Hood College Center for Computer Security and Information Assurance, housed within the Department of Computer Science, promotes research, education, and sound internal practices in computer security and information assurance. The center coordinates educational programs and practices in information assurance, and interacts with local area businesses, laboratories, and government agencies.
Announcements
Internship and Scholarship opportunities:
- Department of Homeland Security HS-STEM Summer Internship Program for students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Deadline: January 5, 2012
- AFCEA Educational Foundation Intelligence & Cyber Studies Scholarship. Deadline: November 1, 2012
- Boren Scholarships and Fellowship. Deadline: February 9, 2012
Dec 5, 2011 -- We are pleased to announce that the Hood College Center for Computer Security and Information Assurance of the Department of Computer Science has been accepted as a member of the CyberWatch Consortium. Funded by the National Science Foundation, CyberWatch is a consortium of higher education institutions, businesses, and government agencies whose mission is to improve the quantity and quality of the information assurance (IA) workforce.
Fall, 2011 -- Upcoming opportunity for faculty at two-year, four-year, and minority colleges and universities:
- Hands-On Information Assurance Workshops for Faculty sponsored by NSF and offered collaboratively by North Carolina A&T State University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga,
