Welcome to the home page of security education for the Department of Computer Science and the point of coordination for activities at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
UMass Amherst receives funding from both the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Justice, the Dept of Defense, and other sources. UMass has been an NSA Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education & Research since 2003.
Our efforts are collaborative across the university and surrounding area. Several departments offer courses and for undergraduates and graduates on information assurance. The Department of Computer Science offers a B.S. concentration in Security & Privacy, and it offers a B.A. degree that can include a concentration in political science, business, and other fields that relate to information assurance. The Dept of Electrical Engineering also offers several courses in security and privacy for its undergraduates. Both departments have rich graduate research programs as well.
News:
- Security courses and related classes planned offered Fall 2010 /Spring 2011:
- Spring 2011: Advanced Information Assurance (Ben Ransford and Prof. Brian Levine) (Grad level)
- Spring 2011: Seminar - Principles of Data Privacy (Prof. Gerome Miklau) (Graduate-level)
- Fall 2010: Applied Cryptography (Prof. Kevin Fu)
- Fall 2010: 365 Digital Forensics (Prof. Brian Levine)
- Fall 2010: Seminar - Legal Issues in Computing (Prof. Brian Levine)
- Fall 2010: 460 Introduction to Computer and Network Security (Chris Misra)
- Fall 2010: Introduction to Knowledge Discovery (Prof. David Jensen)
- Fall 2010: CMPSCI 445: Information Systems (Prof. Gerome Miklau)
- Fall 2010: 453 Computer Networking (Prof. Jim Kurose)
- UMass Amherst courseware is now certified to meet the National Training Standard for NSTISSI 4011 and 4013E.
Be sure not to miss our Security Lecture Series.
