The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) is currently viewed as one of the world’s leading centers for research and education in areas of information security that are crucial to the protection of critical computing and communication infrastructure. CERIAS is unique among such national centers in its multidisciplinary approach to the problems, ranging from purely technical issues (e.g., intrusion detection, network security, etc) to ethical, legal, educational, communicational, linguistic, and economic issues, and the subtle interactions and dependencies among them.
The Information Technology and Operations Center (ITOC) is a research center in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, United States Military Academy. The mission of the ITOC is to educate and inspire cadets and faculty in the acquisition, use, management, and protection of information through innovative teaching, curriculum development, research, and outreach to Army, DoD, and federal agencies. The center is responsible for teaching and developing a variety of courses. Included in these courses is Information Assurance, Information Warfare, Host Forensics, and Network Forensics.