Teaching Technicians Faculty Development Partner  

CSSIA has several training opportunities for faculty throughout the year BUT did you know that the National Science Foundation has several other supported projects nationally.  To see all NSF opportunities go to http://www.teachingtechnicians.org/ and check it out.  Some will link back to us but many many others will direct you around the country to others great workshops.  Great Resource!

See: http://www.teachingtechnicians.org/ 

UIS Designated as National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education 

The University of Illinois at Springfield has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE) for academic years 2009 through 2014. The award was made by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security , joint sponsors of the CAEIAD program. "This award gives UIS the prestige of having a role in securing our nation's information systems," said Dr. Ted Mims, chair of UIS' Computer Science Department and Director of the Center of Systems Security and Information Assurance within the department. For full text of the article click here. 

CSSIA Faculty and Professional Development 2009

Each summer and for the past six years, CSSIA has trained over 1200 educators by offering a wide range of Cyber Security workshops at little or no cost to faculty.  These workshops are geared towards providing college and university faculty with the tools and skills required to teach numerous topics in Information Assurance and Forensics technologies. Summer 2009 schedule. *Note: Workshops are constantly being added so please check back as changes are posted.  

CSSIA CERT-SIA Collaboration

CERT has published their academic curriculum for colleges and universities interested in teaching and building a comprehensive information assurance program.  It is free for qualified faculty on request (Click Here). 

The CERT-SIA courses have been mapped to the national standards set by the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) for Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professionals, NSTISSI 4011, and System Administrators (SA), CNSSI 4013, entry level meet approximately 95% of the objectives. Also, check out https://www.vte.cert.org/vteweb/. CERT's Virtual Training Environment has many wonderful asynchronous training modules in information assurance. See also CERT's Organizational Security page; lots of good info. 

Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC)

The Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) system is designed to provide institutions with an information assurance or computer security curriculum in a controlled, competitive environment to assess their student's depth of understanding and operational competency in managing the challenges inherent in protecting a corporate network infrastructure and business information systems. Applications for teams to participate in one of three Midwest 2010 State CCDC competitions are now being accepted.  Your institution may apply by completing an application from the links below.  Simply go to the www.mwccdc.org web site and select the state in which your institution resides to start the application process.

Official Midwest Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) Website

Photos from the Spring 2009 Regional Competition