NSA reaffirms Stevens as a National Center of Academic Excellence, 2009-2014
The NSA recognizes Stevens’ continuing excellence in information assurance education
HOBOKEN, N.J. ― Stevens Institute of Technology has been re-designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the National Information Assurance Education and Training Program, part of the National Security Agency (NSA), for the academic years 2009-2014. Stevens was first recognized for this honor in 2003, and again in 2006, and now shares this distinction with only about 50 other US universities.
Dr. Susanne Wetzel, Director of the Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Programs in Cybersecurity and Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stevens, and Dr. Sven Dietrich, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, were the coordinators of the application to NSA for this recognition. "Being selected again for this honor speaks to Stevens' growing strength in all areas of information assurance,” said Wetzel. “During the last decade, our campus has become a go-to place for students seeking to obtain a broad education in cybersecurity, a field in which they can expect to find plenty of job opportunities when they graduate – in academia, government and industry.”
New and re-designated Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education are recognized each year in a formal presentation at the annual Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE). The Colloquium also provides a forum for key officials in government, industry and academia to discuss current and emerging requirements in information assurance education, and to encourage the development and expansion of related curricula at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
The 13 th CISSE Colloquium will be held from 1-3 June 2009, at the Red Lion Hotel in Seattle , Wash., with the awards ceremony dinner planned for the night of Wednesday, 3 June 2009.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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