About Us

The University of Fairfax (UoF) is an independent non-profit (501.c.3) institution of higher education which seeks to address the growing shortage of Information Security (InfoSec) professionals. (ISC)² projects a shortage of 120,000 InfoSec professionals annually — and a total InfoSec job demand of 2.1M by 2010.

UoF provides specialized online graduate programs in Information Security and Information Assurance. Since its inception in 2002, the University has:

  • Established a premium faculty of InfoSec practitioners who have developed a focused, state-of-the art InfoSec curriculum.
  • Enabled career growth for students and alumni with employers including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, US Department of Treasury, DoD, VA, Cybertrust, Lockheed Martin, Wachovia, ManTech and Verizon.
  • Provided InfoSec Certification Support: Enabling students to earn high demand InfoSec certifications: CISSP, CISA, NSA-IAM and NSA-IEM.
  • Provided students with opportunities to retain, maintain, or reactivate their DoD Secret and Top Secret security clearances.
  • Established an online community of 26,000 IT/IS/InfoSec professionals.
  • Enrolled over 5,000 students in its online CISSP preparation program in the past 18 months.
  • Enrolled over 135 students in its online MS and Doctorate programs.
  • Graduated a total of 43 MS and PhD students.
  • Facilitated dissertation research in topic areas such as:
    • FISMA compliance at federal labs
    • Assessing the National Security Agency’s IAM certification program
    • The NSA IAM and Certification and Accreditation
    • Factors affecting CISSP effectiveness
    • The IS Certification and Accreditation process at US INTEL agencies.
    • Malware identification in DoD agencies
    • Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
    • ISSE and System Acquisition
    • Identity theft prevention for senior citizens

Selected Examples of Government and Industry Support for UoF include:

  • National Security Agency validates UoF curriculum as 100% mapped to Information Systems Security (InfoSec) Professionals, NSTISSI No. 4011 and Senior Systems Manager, NSTISSI No. 4012
  • (ISC)2 Authorized Education Partner
  • USAF Educational Partnership Agreement with the Information Institute
  • Trusted Mission Solutions, Inc. Strategic Partner
  • Techno Forensics Conference Co-sponsor
  • Techno Security Conference Co-sponsor
  • ISACA-NCAC fellowships for UoF InfoSec Doctorate/MS students
  • Logical Security
  • Security Horizon, Inc.
  • The Compliance Authority Strategic Partner

For more information, email info@ufairfax.net or call 703-790-3203.

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The University of Fairfax, founded in 2002 in response to 9/11, is an independent non-profit institution certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. The University is an Authorized Education Partner and CPE Provider of (ISC)².