TECHEXPO Top Secret Announces Corporate Sponsorship of Information Security Fellowship In Partnership with the University of Fairfax

Unique Alliance Fellowship helps information security professionals meet today’s security challenges by combining security expertise with business management skills.

New York, NY (PRWEB) February 27, 2006 -- TECHEXPO Top Secret today announced that it has become a corporate sponsor of the TechExpo Scholars Fellowship Program offered by the University of Fairfax, a non-profit graduate institution in the US, specializing in advanced information security degrees. The TechExpo Scholars Fellowship Program is a unique offering that enables online students to earn Masters or Doctorate degrees in Information Security, graduate certificates in Information Security, or the NSA IAM or IEM certifications. These students – most of whom bring years of hands-on experience in the information security field to their studies – can prepare for executive careers by developing a unique combination of information security and executive management competencies.

“We are pleased that TECHEXPO Top Secret is actively promoting excellence in the security industry by sponsorsing the TechExpo Scholars Fellowship Program,” said Dr. Victor Berlin, President of the University of Fairfax. Victor Berlin continued, “Organizations facing rapidly accelerating and changing information security and information assurance challenges increasingly seek C-level executives capable of handling both the complex business and technical issues involved, which the TechExpo Scholars Fellowship Program addresses.”

Bradford Rand, President of TECHEXPO Top Secret, concurred. “TECHEXPO Top Secret is building a national reputation on a solid foundation of excellent career fair services, superior support, and absolute attention to how carefully selected cleared INFOSEC professionals can support the cleared INFOSEC personnel requirements of DOD and the INTEL agencies today. We’re proud to be able to work with the University of Fairfax to give something back to the information security community as we continue to grow our business.”

To learn more about the TECHEXPO Scholars Fellowship Program or to apply, please call the University of Fairfax at 703-790-3203.

TECHEXPO, a division of Job Expo International, has been delivering experienced computer, telecommunications, internet and engineering professionals to the hiring community for over a decade through job fairs and cutting edge, online career centers. TECHEXPO Top Secret events serve federal agencies and defense and government
contractors in their search for professionals with security clearance through career fairs and customized recruitment events. The company which is headquartered in New York City, was founded in 1992 by Bradford Rand, a seasoned entrepreneur who has produced nearly 500 events to date. The firm also is a leader in promoting equal
opportunity employment through its 8th annual Diversity Expo and Fashion Career Expo for the fashion & retail industries on September 15. For further information, go to www.TechExpoUSA.com.

The University of Fairfax, a private, non-profit graduate university located in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., was established to address accelerating shortages in qualified information security personnel. The University is the only institution in the US which focuses entirely on the specialty of online Information Security graduate programs. It is the only graduate institution that has assembled a premier practitioner faculty of information security industry leaders, and it is also the only institution which has a “deliverable” focused curriculum which enables its students and alumni to rapidly transfer cutting edge strategies, methods, and techniques to their employers and clients in order to continually enhance the information security of the public and private sectors.

As a leading provider of premier quality, online graduate degree programs in information security/assurance for adult professionals, the University of Fairfax utilizes project-driven curricula and virtual infosec labs delivered through web-based technology and thereby serves a national student body.

The faculty is comprised of senior practitioners in information assurance serving agencies, federal contractors and private-sector employers. The University enables adult learners to advance their careers in the information security field through its unique, accelerated Masters and PhD. Programs. The University of Fairfax also offers online preparation for INFOSEC certifications, including CISSP and earn the NSA IAM and IEM certifications. To secure your future and learn more about the University of Fairfax, its programs and services, please visit www.UniversityofFairfax.net.

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