Center for Information Assurance and Security Established at UTSA’s College of Business

The Center for Information Assurance and Security has been established in UTSA’s College of Business. This multidisciplinary program will be composed of academic, business and government stakeholders who address the technical and policy issues of information assurance.

The center will provide students with hands-on experience in solving computer security problems, serve as a research conduit for faculty and industry leaders and host educational seminars. Information assurance and computer security comprises a wide variety of issues including intrusion detection and prevention, fraud, privacy, theft, denial of service, secure business transactions and secure networks.

UTSA will offer courses in information assurance at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Graduate students can elect a program of study in either the technical or non-technical area of computer security. Undergraduate students will be able to earn a minor in information security beginning Fall 2002.

According to estimates by the federal government, approximately 72,000 jobs in the computer security industry went unfilled this year. The Department of Information Systems offers a bachelor of business administration degree in information systems, a master of science in information technology and a MBA concentration in information systems.

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