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.

CNSS Certification

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. Additional courses are needed for 4014. Learn what it means to a Capella learner.

• Degree Programs
• Certifications
• Outcomes

Capella University regularly schedules online events for the IAS Community at large. These events are designed to share information about topics of current interest in IAS with the community.

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Want to know more about scholarships? Looking for the latest information on jobs available in the Information Assurance and Security field?

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Capella is active in the information research community, and our learners and faculty engage in IAS research projects. These research efforts contribute to the body of knowledge in the field—particularly new considerations for practitioners in companies or in federal agencies.

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Capella’s Information Assurance and Security program assists learners with understanding, applying, and evaluating trends in the field.

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To learn more about Capella, visit www.capella.edu or call 1.866.933.5869 x2237, to speak to an enrollment counselor.

Looking for the latest national and international news and information in the field of information assurance and security? The following links direct you to news resources that offer RSS feeds.

• CERT
• FBI
• Homeland Security
• InfraGuard
• U.S. Department of Defense
• FEMA

• International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc., (ISC)^²®
• SANS Institute
• INFOSYSSEC
• Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
• Computer Security Institute (CSI)
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
• CERT Program
• FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams)
• IWS - Information Warfare Site

Capella University has many graduates of our doctoral programs whose research focuses on IAS topics. In this area we feature those dissertations.

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