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

• 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