1. CMU Information Assurance Capacity Building Program
Mike Reiter
Carnegie Mellon University
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September 6, 2004

2. Goals Enhance expertise of faculty from
Historically Black & Hispanic serving institutions
PA community colleges, K-12, and higher education institutions
in the area of information assurance
Help them build programs in IA
Develop new modules, courses and curricula in IA
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November 20, 2018

3. Overview Has been run for three years An “in residence” program
Participants come to CMU for a month
Funding from NSF and the Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse
Corporate involvement
CISCO “boot camp” for faculty
Microsoft donated laptops for participants
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November 20, 2018

4. Coverage and Instructors
Participants exposed to
Principles of IA
Hands-on training
Curriculum development training
Instructors include experts from
SEI/CERT
CMU campus
CISCO
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November 20, 2018

5. Participating Institutions
2002
Howard University (HBCU)
Morgan State University (HBCU)
U. Texas at El Paso (HSI)
2003 added
Hampton University (HBCU)
Texas A&M at Corpus Cristi (HSI)
Cal. State U. San Bernardino (HSI)
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November 20, 2018

6. Participating Institutions
2004 added
Cal State Los Angeles (HSI)
Mt. San Antonio College (HSI)
Cal State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Oakwood College (HBCU)
Allegheny County Community College
Harrisburg Area Community College
Pittsburgh Public Schools
Moon Township Public Schools
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November 20, 2018

7. Examples of Impact From Texas A&M Corpus Cristi:
... These three professors have developed five new Information Assurance courses that will be added to the Computer Science Master's degree program. The first of these courses will be offered this fall semester with the other courses being phased in as faculty gain experience.
From Cal State U. San Bernardino:
... The goal is to provide 'module' that will cover content, exercises, assignments, quizzes or lab. The plan is to be able to hand to the instructor such a module that they can easily incorporate in their course. Also I would like to inform you that we are proposing a Graduate Certificate in Information Security. ...
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November 20, 2018

8. Examples of Impact From Hampton University:
The program was especially valuable for the Department of Computer Science. We received invaluable information that is helping us develop our curricula in Information Assurance.  We have begun to integrate IA issues in the following courses: ... We also developed an Introduction to IA which will be incorporated into the curriculum as an advanced elective.
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November 20, 2018