Phd in information computer security

There are very less institutions who are offering some research on information computer security. The security concern requires more intelligent peoples to come into this field. I come cross to a very informative article on information security research. the summary is as follow

Carnegie Mellon University is working on a program designed to increase the number of information-security experts in the workforce. Stephen Cross, director of the SEI, explains that the program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), provides participants with the knowledge and expertise to develop and deliver curricula in information security. The program is intended to increase the number of PhD-level researchers in information security at historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions.

“Creating a more diverse workforce, both within the SEI and within the software engineering community as a whole, is one of our top priorities at the SEI,” Cross says. “We are very excited to be partnering with these educational institutions. The training and experiences shared in this program lay the foundation to help create a new generation of Internet-security experts who will help assure the protection of our information infrastructure.”

The need for qualified information-security personnel and educators is great. A June 1999 Department of Commerce Report, “The Digital Workforce,” estimates that the United States will require more than 1.3 million new highly skilled information technology workers between 1996 and 2006. The National Plan for Information Systems Protection also identifies this critical shortage and further highlights the acute shortage in the number of trained information-security personnel. The National Plan recognizes training and education as key solutions in defending America’s cyberspace.

Participants from Howard University, Morgan State University, and the University of Texas at El Paso gathered recently in Pittsburgh, PA, to acquire knowledge and educational resources to teach survey-level courses in information security to advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate students at their universities.

The detail information can be read on following link.

http://www.sei.cmu.edu/news-at-sei/features/2002/3q02/feature-2-3q02.htm 

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