82S10736 JH-D
By: Button H.R. No. 111
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Richland College has been designated as a two-year
National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance
Education, and the attainment of this prestigious status reflects
the high quality of its educational offerings in that field; and
WHEREAS, The National Center of Academic Excellence program
was established by the National Security Agency and the Department
of Homeland Security, with the support of the National Science
Foundation and CyberWatch, and it is intended to promote higher
education and research related to safeguarding the nation's
information infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, To be selected as a center of academic excellence, a
college or university must establish a strong information assurance
program and design its security courses in accordance with training
standards developed by the Committee on National Security Systems;
and
WHEREAS, Richland College has placed a special emphasis on
information assurance and has offered a specialization in that area
since the fall of 2007 as part of its associate degree program in
digital forensics; students who complete this specialization are
trained in measures to prevent the loss, unauthorized modification,
and destruction of data, and they receive diverse training that
draws on skills in computer science, accounting, criminology,
management, and system and security engineering; and
WHEREAS, Covering the 2011 through 2016 school years, the
National Center of Academic Excellence designation provides
recognition of Richland College's leadership in the study of cyber
security, and the institution's efforts to prepare well-trained
professionals to work in this crucial discipline is of great
benefit to our state and nation; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Richland College on
its designation as a two-year National Center of Academic
Excellence in Information Assurance Education and extend to all
those associated with the program sincere best wishes for continued
success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the college as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.