Sec. 205. Centers of Academic Computing and Information Assurance
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The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a program for Centers of Academic Computer and Information Assurance Distinction. The Secretary may designate five colleges or universities as Centers of Distinction for Academic Computing and Information Security Assurance each year with no limit to the total number of such Centers that may be established. The Secretary may make public the Centers for Distinction in Academic Computing and Information Security Assurance. The Secretary may revoke the designation of a Center of Distinction for Academic Computing and Information Security Assurance.
The Secretary shall make available information regarding the criteria for designating an institution as a Center of Distinction for Academic Computing and Information Security Assurance under this section. In designating Centers under this section, the Secretary shall consider the number of students who are enrolled in distance learning computer or information security courses and whether collaborations for in laboratory instruction through shared arrangements with established information assurance, cybersecurity computing security programs at secondary education programs that laboratory facilities that meet best practices as outlined by the Secretary would be sufficient to meet the requirements established under this section.
The Secretary shall identify and report on the success of efforts to reach under represented populations in the field of computing and information security through work with institutions as defined under section 371 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 listed in section 101 of this bill. Not later than 220 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress recommendations regarding distance learning computer and information security programs for meeting the cybersecurity professional requirements of the agency.
The Secretary may consider the following when making grants to postsecondary education institutions and private sector entities who are contracted, provided grants or funds to conduct research on information assurance, cybersecurity and computing security to advance the agency’s cybersecurity capacity: Institutions designated as Center of Distinction for Academic Computing and Information Security Assurance. Institutions who have established academic mentoring and program development partnerships related to information assurance, cybersecurity, and computing security academic programs with institutions defined under section 371 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 listed in section 101 of this bill.