CyberScholars
Current Scholarship Program InformationUSA CyberScholars Program:
USA was awarded a National Centers of Academic Excellence in
Information Assurance Education (CAE/IAE) designation in June 2011.
This designation is awarded to institutions after a rigorous review
for programs that have demonstrated their commitment to academic
excellence in Information Assurance education. USA CFITS supports
the educational and research endeavors of the CAE/IAE program. CFITS
faculty support the undergraduate information assurance program
curriculum development and research initiatives. We have established
research groups in Information Security, Computer Forensics, and
Healthcare Information Systems.
Courses in the Information Assurance program satisfy the national
standards set by the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS).
USA students who complete the courses specified by the program are
uniquely qualified to serve as System Administrators and are awarded
the Systems Administrators (SA), CNSSI 4013 certificate. The
required Information Technology courses are: Data Communications and
Networking, Introduction to Information Technology, Network
Administration, and Network Security. In order to obtain the
additional certificate for completion of the Information Systems
Security (INFOSEC) Professionals NSTISSI 4011 requirements, students
must also take the following Information Technology course: Systems
Architecture.
Scholarship Programs:
The DoD Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP) provides
funding for rising junior and senior undergraduate and graduate
students pursuing a course of study related to computer and network
security. Scholarship recipients complete a paid summer internship
with the DoD and, upon completion of the program, are placed in a
full-time position in the DoD or one of its agencies.
The Scholarship for Service (SFS) program offered by the National
Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) provides scholarship funding for students in exchange for
service in the federal government for a period equal to the length
of scholarship funding, typically two years. Students awarded an SFS
scholarship participate in a paid summer internship at a federal
agency and become part of the Federal CyberCorps, whose mission is
to ensure the protection of the US Government’s information
infrastructure. Upon graduation SFS scholars are required to serve
in a paid position in a federal agency.
For more information regarding the DoD IASP or the NSF SFS programs,
contact the Information Security program coordinator, Ms. Angela
Clark, at amclark@usouthal.edu
/251.460.6390.