Information Assurance Excellence Program

（33）本项目建立了信息保障卓越计划（IAEP），以满足联邦政府机构对信息保障专家的需求。该项目建立了一个长期的招生渠道，包括在校园里招生，与社区大学签订协议，并为高中生提供早期接触机会。除了作为一个群体参加课程外，这些学者还参与专业和职业发展活动，在这些活动中，他们举办技术研讨会，并有机会与实践专业人士进行讨论。他们参加技术竞赛，从事研究项目。对项目组成部分及其整体有效性的评估有助于形成知识体系和最佳实践策略，以成功招聘、指导、保留和安置信息保障专业人员。这个项目强调实践。在经验丰富的教师和校友IA专业人士的指导下，IAEP学生需要在课堂之外的应用活动中工作。具体要求包括以演讲和讲习班的形式传播以技能为基础的学习，向社区学院和高中进行同侪外展，以及参加区域IA竞赛。IAEP的招聘工作重点是吸引来自中南大学和社区学院的各种申请者，其中许多人可能来自代表性不足的群体。通过提供指导和支持来提高这些未来专业人士的学术能力，并在他们的实习和最终安置期间保持这些支持机制，该项目经历了很少的损耗。该计划的成果形成了可复制的模式，可以传播到其他参与信息保障学术卓越中心的高校。

Information Science and Systems (33) This project establishes the Information Assurance Excellence Program (IAEP) to address the need for Information Assurance specialists in federal government agencies. The program creates a long-term recruitment pipeline that includes recruiting students on campus, creating agreements with community colleges, and providing early exposure for high school students. In addition to enrolling in courses as a cohort, the Scholars engage in professional and career development activities in which they deliver technical workshops and have opportunities to engage in discussions with practicing professionals. They participate in technology competitions and they work on research projects.The evaluation of the program components and its overall effectiveness contributes to the body of knowledge and best practice strategies for successful recruitment, mentorship, retention and placement of Information Assurance professionals. This program emphasizes practice. Under the mentorship of experienced faculty and alumni IA professionals, IAEP students are required to work in applied activities beyond the classroom. Specific requirements include the dissemination of skills based learning in the form of presentations and workshops, peer outreach to community colleges and high schools, and participation in regional IA competitions.IAEP recruitment efforts focus on attracting a diverse range of applicants from CSUSB and community colleges, many of whom are likely to be students from underrepresented groups. By offering mentoring and support to increase the scholarly abilities of these future professionals, and by maintaining these support mechanisms throughout their internships and in their ultimate placement, the program experiences little attrition. The results of the program form a replicable model that can be disseminated to other participating Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance colleges and universities.