Welcome to Regis University
The Regis University Colorado Front Range (COFR) Center on Information Assurance Studies (CIAS) is located in Denver, CO at the Lowell campus of Regis University, a Jesuit university. Regis University educates men and women of all ages to take leadership roles and to make a positive impact in a changing society. Regis University has offered undergraduate and graduate classes in security and information assurance (IA) since the early e-commerce wave that swept the Internet. In 2005 we applied for, and received in June of 2006, our mapping by the Committee on National Security Systems to the CNSS 4011 and 4012 security training standards. Our University was designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education in June of 2007. The CAEIAE designation is current through 2017.
We currently have had several Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP) students attend the University. These students are supporting a national repository for information security education materials (PRISM) that can be found at www.prismhome.org, and working to manage and support our Academic Research Network. The University has received a grant in 2010 to host a workshop to examine the various collegiate cybersecurity competitions and produce models for virtualization of the student events.
IASP Scholarship Information:
Recruitment for the IASP is now open for the 2011-2012 academic year. The application can be downloaded by clicking on the IASP Scholarship tab followed by clicking Application 2012. Accepted IASP applicants who applied and are accepted for Fall 2012 term start will begin internships in May, 2013.
The Center is a portal for Colorado citizens, business and government to obtain information, research and education about Information Assurance. We accomplish our mission through active participation in the community and hosted events that educate and inform. We provide Regis faculty as speakers at Small Medium Business gatherings. We also attend public policy forums and conferences. We strive to educate the next generation of business leaders.
For further information contact Professor Dan Likarish at (303) 964-3680.
School of Computer & Information Sciences (SCIS) News
News Page from the Regis School of Computer and Information Sciences
UPCOMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
PAST EVENTS:
On April 21, 2011, the School of Computer & Information Sciences at Regis University hosted an event to discuss the importance of increasing the American public’s awareness and understanding about CyberSecurity, and the role that academia and public and private industry play in preparing our nation’s next generation of leaders and members of the cyber workforce.
As part of the Department of Homeland Security’s Stop. Think. Connect. public education campaign, the Cyber Citizen Forum brought together representatives from the department, as well as faculty and students from Regis University, to discuss the challenges and opportunities we face as a nation when it comes to our Internet safety and how efforts including the Campaign can help elevate awareness and encourage the public to take increased measures to protect themselves online.
The podcast of the event can be found at Podcast from the Cyber Citizen Forum
Click here for more information on the Cyber Citizen Forum.
Regis has an on-going project to collect used and usable laptops to help academics and rural healthcare workers in Africa. More Information on the Laptop Donation Drive
Regis' Dan Likarish attended the 15th annual 2011 Colloquium for Information Security Education (CISSE) in Dayton, OH, June 14-18th, 2011.
Dan Likarish attended the annual Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference (RMISC) in May, 2011. The conference is a place for professionals in IT Security, Auditing and Compliance to learn current information and to network. Click here to learn more about the RMISC.
Regis University hosted the latest CANVAS (Computer and Network Vulnerability Assessment Simulation) event at the Regis Cyber Security Education Center (DTC Campus) on April 1, 2011. Click here for more information on the outcome.
The annual PI CAEIAE conference held in Saint Louis in November, 2010, was attended by staff from the CIAS. This national event provides an opportunity for PIs to exchange research ideas, update colleagues on current research interests and report interim findings.
Faculty and students from Regis' School of Computer & Information Sciences attended the Front Range Information Security Colloquium (FRISC) October 29th at Colorado State University. The colloquium is attended by private and public Colorado CS, CIS and IA faculty and students as well as government and business employees.
The Front Range OWASP conference was held June 2, 2010.
The conference was for those interested in application software
security. Click here for the registration web site.
CNSS Certificate presented to Regis Professors Dan Likarish and Erik Moore at the 13th annual Colloquium for Information Security Education (CISSE). Presenting the CNSS Certificate: Mr. David Wennergren, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information Management and Technology, & DoD Deputy Chief Information Officer. Link to Mr. Wennergren's curriculum vitae.