The department of Networking, Security and System Administration (NSSA) hosts the following graduate programs:

• The MS in Networking and Systems Administration
• The MS in Computing Security and Information Assurance
• An Advanced Certificate in Networking and System Administration
• An Advanced Certificate in Information Assurance
• An Advanced Certificate in Network Planning and Design

We have extensive laboratory facilities to support our graduate programs.  These include computer networking, system administration, telephony and data integration, security, and projects labs that are designed to facilitate the exploration of system administration and computer networking theory and practices.  Extensive testing and cabling equipment, a wide variety of network appliances, and flexible topology options – via direct connection and roll-around racks – support coursework and special projects.  Network modeling software is available for design and performance experimentation.  A remotely-accessible virtual environment, called the Remote Laboratory Emulation System (RLES), which is built on a cluster of Sun servers running VMWare ESX, supports study at a distance.  Together, these facilities provide students with the opportunity to create, configure, and experiment with the types of networked environments used in today’s corporations.

Come join us in investigating this exciting and challenging field!