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In today's evolving, networked world, companies in a wide array of industries rely on information assurance managers to keep them secure. As a security expert with an MSISPM degree from Carnegie Mellon University, you'll emerge as a leader in the global marketplace. This 4-semester degree emphasizes the policy, management, and technology aspects of information security and risk management.
Designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE), Carnegie Mellon University plays a vital role in policy, risk management, privacy and Information Assurance. Jointly sponsored by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, the CAEIAE designation recognizes our dedication to Information Assurance Education.
Master of Science in Information Security Policy and Management Highlights:
Social Insecurity: Heinz College Researchers Find SSNs Can Be Predicted from Publicly Available Information
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon's H. John Heinz III College have shown that public information readily gleaned from governmental sources, commercial data bases, or online social networks can be used to routinely predict most — and sometimes all — of an individual’s nine-digit Social Security number.
Read more about the study and watch Professor Alessandro Acquisti, the project's lead researcher, discuss the study's methodology and findings.
Life-Saving Androids
A group of Heinz College Information Systems Management students recently worked on a project with life-saving implications. Using Google’s Android mobile development platform, the students developed a software application for ClickDiagnostics, Inc., a global tele-health company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The application facilitates the remote diagnosis of diseases in developing countries.
Read more about the project...
Interdisciplinary Research Opportunities
Heinz College's iLab is a research center consisting of faculty and students from Heinz College, the Department of Statistics, the Department of Machine Learning, the School of Computer Science and the Tepper School of Business.
iLab was created to facilitate problem-driven, interdisciplinary research on IT management and policy problems and to enable innovative multidimensional collaborations between iLab faculty, students and organizational partners.
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Sean R. Beggs, Director
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Alumni Spotlight: Adam Cummings, MSISPM, 2009