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The Idaho State Board of 教育 established the Center for Secure and Dependable Systems (csd) at the University of Idaho in response to the overwhelming need for computer-related security 教育 and research.

一九九九年五月, the National 安全 Agency designated the University of Idaho as one of the initial seven National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense 教育, partly in recognition of csd's efforts in promoting information security 教育 and research.

In 2001, the National Science Foundation created the Scholarship for Service (SFS, aka CyberCorps®) program and the University of Idaho was one of the first four schools in the nation to host a scholarship program specifically for students focusing on Cyber Defense and Information Assurance studies.

csd comprises nine Computer Science faculty, one Computer Science emeritus, three Business faculty, two Sociology faculty, five Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty, 一个公民 & Environmental Engineering faculty, associates at INL, 太平洋西北国家实验室, 海军, HP, an average of 30 students and 3,000 square feet of laboratory and office space in the Janssen Engineering Building.

Completely self-funded, the center brings together collaborative research efforts and serves as an 教育al focal point for the design, 发展, 分析, and use of technologies that result in secure and dependable computing systems. csd is one of the centers in the College of Engineering at the University of Idaho. Read a full overview of the University of Idaho's Cyber Defense curriculum on our 教育 page.

csd is a proud member of the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P).