The National Security Agency (NSA) and
the Department of Homeland Security
has designated
the Pennsylvania State University as a
National Center of Academic Excellence in
Information Assurance Research
for 2008-2013


The National Security Agency (NSA) and
the Department of Homeland Security
has designated
the Pennsylvania State University as a
National Center of Academic Excellence in
Information Assurance Education
since 2003

Associated Centers:

Participating Academic Units:

Information Assurance Curricula:

The Committee on National Security Systems and the National Security Agency have certified that the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State offers a set of courseware that has been reviewed by National Level Information Assurance Subject Matter Experts and determined to meet National Training Standard for:
  • Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professionals, NSTISSI No. 4011,
  • Senior System Managers, CNSSI No. 4012
  • System Administrator (SA), CNSSI No. 4013
  • Information Systems Security Officers, CNSSI No. 4014
  • System Certifiers, NSTISSI No. 4015
for academic years 2006-2009.