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Higher Education Support

The Cisco Critical Infrastructure Assurance Group (CIAG) provides its resources and expertise to universities requesting help in developing information assurance curricula. Working with the various departments within Cisco, CIAG can provide academia with relevant industry information for their network security educational needs and assist government and academia in their mission to close the high-technology skills gap. For more information, please send e-mail to ciag-education@cisco.com.

Enhance the research and education of students in the field of information assurance.


Provide security training for professors and instructors at universities, colleges, and community colleges.


Share the network security expertise of Cisco employees with university students to give them a real-world perspective on today's information assurance environment.


Locate and place excellent student interns by connecting students with Cisco hiring managers and University Relations.


Higher Education Curriculum Development

The Critical Infrastructure Assurance Group (CIAG) provides its resources and expertise to universities requesting help in developing information assurance curricula. Working with the various departments within Cisco, CIAG can provide academia with relevant industry information for their network security educational needs. We can assist government and academia in their mission to close the high-technology skills gap. For more information, please send e-mail to ciag-education@cisco.com.


Few companies can offer the wide range of training and certification programs that Cisco offers. Many of these resources can be used in university education programs focused on networking and network security.

If you are interested in learning more about the Networking Academy or Fundamentals of Network Security course, please e-mail ciag-curriculum@cisco.com.

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