Welcome to NMT

The Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education(CEA/IAE) at New Mexico Tech is committed to bringing together individuals and organizations with an interest in the areas of information security, computer security, information assurance. The mission of this Center is to coordinate and promote educational, research, and service projects in information and computer security. The expertise in the Information Assurance at the Computer Science Department in New Mexico Tech provides a unique set of capabilities to address the issues related to security and assurance of information systems. This program has been established to fulfill a strong need for research that coordinates and exploits the fusion among the diverse set of technical expertise of the school as well as the university to solve the multidimensional problems of information assurance (IA).

New Mexico Tech, formally known as New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, is a small educational and research institute of about 2000 students. New Mexico Tech specializes in science, engineering, and technology, and has been consistently highly ranked by publications such as Princeton Review, Kiplinger's, U.S. News & World Report, and MONEY magazine which in September 1996 article "Your Best College Buys Now" named New Mexico Tech as the tenth best value in the category of "Top Scientific and Technical Schools".

The National Security Agency, or NSA, has awarded New Mexico Tech with the designation of a "Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education" for its strong computer and information security program. This acclaimed designation recognizes NMT's commitment to excellence in information assurance, and places NMT among the top academic programs in computer security in the nation.

2008 CAE & CAE-R Support Documents:

Intent to Apply

4-Year College/University Accreditation Verification

ICASA Creation