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The University of Texas at San Antonio's

CENTER for

INFRASTRUCTURE

ASSURANCE &

SECURITY

UTSA has been designated by the National Security Agency as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.

The Leader in Advancement of State and Community Cybersecurity

Established in 2001 as part of UTSA’s creation of a cybersecurity program, the CIAS is a research center on a mission to secure the nation’s infrastructure and foster a Culture of Cybersecurity. This grassroots-level research effort continues to produce practical campaigns, such as cybersecurity training and preparedness, cybersecurity competitions and K12 education programs.

Celebrating 20 Years at UTSA

The CIAS has been working to create a culture of cybersecurity and improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture since 2001! Take a look back at our history and activities in the CIAS’ 20th Anniversary Report here.

Ponemon Institute study 2014

In the nation for undergraduate cybersecurity
# 10

Universities.com ranking 2016

In the nation for graduate cybersecurity
# 10

National Security Agency

NSA Designations
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Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research Cyber Operations

high-quality, high-impact

Competitions

The CIAS hosts the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, Panoply and HiveStorm, and co-founded CyberPatriot. The CIAS has been developing and conducting competition programs to educate, train and prepare individuals for the cybersecurity workforce since 2005.

2024

Competitors Worldwide
1 ,000

high-quality, high-impact

Cybersecurity Training
Courses Seminars Workshops

Our training efforts focus on improving overall cybersecurity awareness, technical capabilities, professional development and continuity plans. We’ve been helping professionals, organizations and communities prevent, detect, respond to and recover from cyber incidents for more than 20 years.

Reached

Small Businesses
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K-12 Education

Gaming

Committed to creating a culture of cybersecurity nationwide, the CIAS focuses on K-12 education that introduces students to cybersecurity principles through educational gaming and storytelling. Our goals are to create good cyber hygiene and awareness of cyber careers.

Played In

Countries
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World Leader

Leading the ISAO Standards Organization since 2015 and helping SLTTs establish comprehensive cybersecurity programs as the CIAS-ISAO, the CIAS actively engages the information sharing community to promote secure, rapid and widespread information sharing that helps detect and block cyber-attacks.

Information Sharing

CIAS-ISAO

Members
1

National Cybersecurity
Preparedness Consortium

Filling the cybersecurity gap since 2004

A Collaboration of Five Universities

Testimonials

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Press Coverage

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