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Designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the National Security Agency



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  • Current CSIS Corporate Sponsors:
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    Security Related Software

    • Additional Security related tools and archives
    • Arpwatch - Ethernet monitor, keeps track of ethernet/IP address pairings
    • chrootuid - Run network programs in a minimal environment
    • CBW - Code Breaker's Workbench
    • Courtney - Identifies the use of SATAN
    • Dig - Sends domain name query packets to name servers
    • DNSWalk
    • Drawbridge - A bridging filter from TAMU
    • Kerberos - Provides secure networking
    • MegaPatch - Large number of SunOS patches in one bundle
    • Netlog - TCP/UDP traffic logging system
    • PGP - Pretty Good Privacy
    • Portmap - Portmapper replacement, with access control
    • SATAN - Checks computers/networks for security vulnerabilities
    • Securelib - Protects RPC daemons
    • screend - Filters IP packets
    • Smrsh - Sendmail restricted shell
    • Socks - Allows Internet access to firewalled machines
    • SRA - Secure RPC Authentication for Telnet and FTP
    • TAMU - Texas A&M Security Tool Package
    • tcpdump - Captures protocol packets from networks
    • TCP Wrapper - ACLs for network services
    • Tiger - Scans your UNIX system for security problems
    • TIS Firewall Toolkit - Firewall package from TIS
    • Tripwire - Watch for system file changes
    • Watcher - Watches you r system for security problems
    • PINGWARE - Network Security Scanner


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    Designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the National Security Agency



    The Committee on National Security Systems and the National Security Agency have certified that George Mason University offers a set of courseware that has been reviewed by National Level Information Assurance Subject Matter Experts and determined to meet National Training Standards for Information Systems Security Professionals, NSTISSI No. 4011, 4012, and 4013 for academic years 2005 - 2008.



    The Mitre Corporation Microsoft Research DynCorp Symantec Corporation Air Force Office of Scientific Research Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Science Foundataion U.S. Army Research Office Office of Naval Research U.S. Department of Defense Rome Laboratory Naval Research Lab DoD Computer Forensics Laboratory


    The Information Assurance Scholarship Program is open to U.S. Citizens pursuing undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degrees from the Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education

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