Critical Infrastructure Protection Grants Program . In order to provide satisfactory infrastructure security, additional research must be conducted on unique infrastructure security problems. The United States Government has sponsored considerable research in the area of computer security for military and intelligence systems. Some of this research applies to the critical infrastructure problem, but much remains to be done. The new grants program, administered by NIST, will target infrastructure IT security issues applicable to civilian and commercial systems.
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Nine newly designated Centers for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education were announced by the National Security Agency. They join the list of fourteen other universities across the United States who have been awarded this distinction. All of these universities passed vigorous examinations for quality in information assurance education. The document provides a brief overview of issues related to the emerging Federal PKI, and its implementation within government agencies. The second, on guidance on active content and mobile code, addresses the security risks and informed IT security decision making on the application of active content technologies.