The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have designated the following universities as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research (CAE-R) for the years 2008-2013:
- Auburn University
- Boston University
- Dartmouth College
- George Mason University
- Indiana University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Mississippi State University
- Missouri Univ. of Science & Technology
- North Carolina State University
- Northeastern University
- Oklahoma State University
- Polytechnic University
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- The George Washington University
- Pennsylvania State University
- University of Texas at Dallas
- University of California at Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Washington
