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Recommended Citation: Fundaburk, A. NSA Centers of Excellence in Information Assurance Education and the Certified Information Systems Security Professional Domains: How Do They Compare? In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2004, v 21 (Newport): §3234. ISSN: 1542-7382.

NSA Centers of Excellence in Information Assurance Education and the Certified Information Systems Security Professional Domains: How Do They Compare?

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Albert Fundaburk    [a1] [a2]
Office Information Systems
Bloomsburg University    [u1] [u2]
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

This research collected data from 321 faculty members from universities designated as National Security Agency Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education to determine the extent these universities are teaching the areas identified in the 10 domains of the Certified Information Systems Security Professional examination. This question was answered by a researcher developed survey which was confirmed valid using a panel of 18 Certified Information Systems Security Professionals and reliable using Cronbach's Alpha and Split-Halves reliability. The findings of this research indicate that the areas identified in the 10 Domains of the Certified Information Systems Security Professional examination are being taught from a high of between often and always to a low of between sometimes and rarely.

Keywords: Info Sec education, information security curriculum, NSA Centers of Excellence, information security skills

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