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/Assurance (INFOSEC) professionals. This shortage is projected to grow by 60% to 2.1M jobs in 2008.

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, through the Information Assurance White Paper Internship (IAWPI) Program and provided employers with a reliable source of highly qualified, cleared senior, INFOSEC professionals.
• 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 100 students in its online MS and PhD programs. Graduated 28 MS and 4 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
  • 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

• (ISC)² Trusted CPE partner
• USAF Educational Partnership Agreement with the Information Institute
• TechnoForensics Conference Co-sponsor
• TechnoSecurity Conference Co-sponsor
• ISACA-NCAC fellowships for UoF INFOSEC PhD/MS students
• Compliance Spectrum Strategic Partner
• iQwest Strategic Partner
• Trusted Mission Solutions, Inc. Strategic Partner
• IT Compliance Magazine, publisher of articles by UoF students, alumni and faculty