Higher education in Information Assurance (IA) and a greater number of professionals with IA expertise are essential to meet the challenges and threats to the National Information Infrastructure. The goals of this Center of Academic Excellence in Information Systems Assurance, Research and Education (CEISARE@Buffalo) are graduate education and coordinated research in computer security and information assurance by faculty members from several schools and departments at the University at Buffalo.

State University of New York at Buffalo has been re-designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for the Academic Years 2008-2013. The Center has also been certified to have met the Information Systems Security Professionals, NSTISSI No. 4011 and Systems Administrators, CNSSI No. 4013 for 2008-2013.

Announcements

1. Scholarship Opportunity in the area of Information Assurance (2009-10) -- NSF SFS Program

2. $868K Grant from NSF to Develop an Interdisciplinary Information Assurance Curriculum - SFS (Scholarship Track), 2008-12.

3. $69K Grant from DoD/NSA to support Information Assurance Scholarship (IASP), 2008-09.

4. $29K Grant from Intel Corporation to support Research on Rapid Mitigation of Malware on the Internet, 2008-09.

5. Secure Knowledge Management (SKM 2008): Nov. 3-4, 2008 at Dallas, TX

6. Joint Workshop on Cyber Security 2008: May 8, 2008 at UB's Center for Tomorrow

7. Information Assurance Scholarships for 2008 : Deadline February 8, 2008
8. A New Book on Information Security in the Financial Sector from the Members of CEISARE
9. Look at the News Section for recent announcements.