Capella has been designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE) by the National Security Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Capella’s information security curriculum meets the NSA Committee on National Security Systems standards 4011, 4013, 4014.
This center provides access to resources, tools, and the latest information regarding information assurance as a way to enhance understanding in this field of study.
The NSA’s Information Assurance Courseware Evaluation (IACE) Review Committee has validated that Capella’s information security curriculum meets the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) National Standards 4011, 4013, (and 4014 coming). Learn what this means to a Capella learner.
Hello everyone,
I would like to bring your attention to a virtual job fair the NSA is hosting. It will be conducted on Thursday, March 5, 2009. For more information and to register, please visit the NSA Web site.
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Fidelity National Information Services is looking for security analysts in St. Petersburg, FL and Charlotte, NC.
Job reference #s 13400 and 1340.
Melody Jennings Kruzic
Capella University Career Center Counselor
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Networking continues to be the most effective job search resource. This makes sense when you consider the risks an employer takes when hiring someone; the risks are greatly reduced for the employer when a candidate is recommended by a respected colleague, or when there is an opportunity to get to know someone outside of the formal interview process. In this tough economy, organizations can’t afford to make costly hiring mistakes. While you may have exemplary credentials highlighted on your resume, networking can make your job search more efficient and effective.
Following are some tips for how to successfully network.
Best of luck in your job search!
Melody Jennings Kruzic
Capella University Career Center Counselor
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Here are some good resources from PhD Learner Charlie Kirakou about employment opportunities in the IA area. Please feel free to contribute.
Commence and Homeland Security in Cyber Security.
Commerce – Senior Advisor for National and Cyber Security
Keyword Search: National and Cyber Security
DHS – Director, National Cyber Security Division
Keyword Search: Director, National Cyber Security Division
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Swatting:
“to hit with a sharp slapping blow usually with an instrument (as a bat or flyswatter) ” Merriam-Webster Online, Retrieved Feb 2, 2009 at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swatting
Swatting:
“In the field of information security, swatting is an attempt to trick an emergency service (such as a 911 operator) to dispatch an emergency response team. The name is derived from SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics), one type of such team” Wikipedia.com, Retrieved Feb 2, 2009 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting
Swatting is becoming a very real danger to individuals and only for fast thinking by the police departments, people could die. The term now referrers to individuals who trick the 911 emergency system into dispatching the SWAT team to your home in mistaken belief that a crime is happening. Could you imagine waking up at 4 AM to see police with automatic rifles looking into your windows? It has happened hundreds of times already, and will continue to grow unless technology changes.
While some do not consider Wikipedia an authoritative source, I have found it interesting that on Wikipedia it has additional links for more information, and one of those links is computer insecurity. This may highlight the multiple uses of technology (good and bad), and that technology must change in the future. Can we design technology that cannot be used in harmful manners? As the old adage goes, guns don’t kill, people kill, it looks like from this technology people actually may get killed. In addition, if technology cannot be built with safeguards in place, more regulations and laws will be created, and if some say current laws do not work, will future laws have a better impact.
So the question becomes – can we?
Might make a great research project
Dr. Steven A. Brown
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