Title : 
Developing and sustaining information assurance: the role of community colleges. Part 2
         
        
            Author : 
Sheoran, Pinny ; Friesen, Oris ; De Bélon, Barbara J Huffman
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Mesa Community Coll., AZ
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Facing high demand in both the public and private sectors for qualified information-security specialists, Arizona´s Mesa Community College (MCC) and Connecticut´s Norwalk Community College (NCC) were among the first to develop degree programs at the community-college level. This follow-up article examines the steps the two schools took in creating their programs
         
        
            Keywords : 
computer science education; educational courses; security of data; Mesa Community College; Norwalk Community College; degree programs; information assurance; information security programs; Certification; Computer networks; Computer science education; Computer security; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Information security; Management information systems; Packaging; Privacy; education; information-security programs;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Security & Privacy, IEEE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MSP.2006.63