From: cult hero (jerichodimensional.com)
Date: Fri May 21 1999 - 02:13:40 CDT

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NSA Taps Universities For Info Security Studies

The National Security Agency has designated seven U.S. universities as
centers for information-security education, the agency said Tuesday. The
NSA, a super-secret spy agency that wields broad power over U.S.
encryption policy, named two private Virginia universities and a handful
of state universities as Centers of Academic Excellence in Information
Assurance Education. They are: James Madison University, George Mason
University, Idaho State University, Iowa State University, Purdue
University, University of California at Davis, and the University of
Idaho.The centers are expected to become "focal points for recruiting, and
may create a climate to encourage independent research in information
assurance," the NSA said.The agency said the decision to launch the
information-assurance program represented an attempt to reach out and form
partnerships with industry pursuant to a Clinton administration directive
last year on critical infrastructure protection.The seven centers will be
formally recognized during a conference on information-security systems
scheduled for May 25 to 29 at IBM's conference facility in Palisades, N.Y.

<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990512S0005 >

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