On April 17, 2008, NSU was re-designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for the academic years 2008-2013 by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). NSU first received this designation in March 2005 covering the period through March 2008.
GSCIS’s information security curriculum meets the NSA Committee on National Security Systems standards 4011, 4012, and 4013.
Securing cyberspace and information infrastructures is more important now than ever before. NSA’s goal in establishing centers of academic excellence is to reduce vulnerability in our national information infrastructure by promoting higher education and research in information assurance (IA) and producing more professionals with IA expertise in various disciplines. This designation applies to the entire university.
NSU looks forward to continuing its role as a center of excellence in information assurance and providing a greater level of service and expertise to the nation in this critical area.
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Amon B. Seagull, Ph.D
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Associate Professor
amons@nova.edu
(954) 262-2048
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Graduate School of Computer and
Information Sciences
Nova Southeastern University
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Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
Fast Facts
On April 17, 2008, NSU was re-designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for the academic years 2008-2013 by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). NSU first received this designation in March 2005 covering the period through March 2008.
The Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences has been a pioneer in online graduate education. It began offering online programs in 1983 and created the first electronic classroom in 1985. Since that time, it has developed other unique software tools to enhance the online learning environment.
Today, NSU is the nation's seventh largest, not-for-profit, independent university, with more than 28,000 students and 103,000 alumni; a sprawling, 300-acre Fort Lauderdale-Davie campus; and a presence in nine countries around the world. Through five decades of explosive growth, our reputation for academic excellence and innovation continues to flourish.
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