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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.

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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.

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Invisible Firewalls?

From Rodney Visser | August 18th, 2009

 When adding a traditional hardware based firewall to a network, major network based surgery is needed a majority of the time.  The potential for configuration problems with both internal clients and the router/proxy are increased.  There is also overhead that goes into processing each packet or session for the firewall, making it difficult to come to an informed decision. 

When looking though the eyes of an attacker, only minimal investigation and enumeration is needed to identify a device that is acting as a firewall. Its rule-set or “protection” features can be realized. READ ON

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