Employers seeking qualified information security professionals including federal agencies such as NIST, OPM, FBI, CIA, NSA, DIA, as well as numerous civilian and defense agencies can find qualified candidates at the University of Fairfax. Federal contractors facing shortages of information security professionals including SAIC, IBM, CSC, SRA, Anteon, Booz Allen and Hamilton, and Ernst and Young also can benefit from hiring the University of Fairfax students. The University has recruited its practitioner faculty from many of the leading information security employers.