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Program Description

Information Assurance (IA) concerns the protection of information systems by ensuring data privacy and integrity, user authenticity, and legitimate use of system resources. IA professionals understand the relationship between information technology and people, systems, society, policy, and law. This interdisciplinary Master of Science is offered jointly by the College of Computer and Information Science and the College of Criminal Justice and is the only such program in New England. The National Security Administration has designated the University as a Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education and graduates can expect to work in federal, state and local government, law enforcement agencies as well as commercial and financial organizations.