The immediate goal of the Foundation is the establishment of grant and scholarship programs to assist individuals and organizations in attaining their educational goals within the Information Security field.  We began to offer scholarships beginning in the fall of 2007.  Watch here for notice of future scholarships to be offered.

See the Student Scholarships page for details.

Other programs will be coming in the future.

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What We Do

We support education and research in the information security field. The target audience for our services includes individuals, groups, entities, organizations and government agencies interested in obtaining or disseminating information concerning information assurance and security issues, techniques and processes.

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What's New?

March 2012 News: The members of the ISSAEF Board note with regret the recent passing of Hal Tipton, long-time member and contributor to ISSA, and a pillar of the Information Security industry. His family has requested donations in Hal's name be made in place of flowers. Please consider donating to the ISSAEF in his name to support the next generation of information security professionals.

February 2012 News: We have awarded the first E. Eugene Schultz, Jr. PhD Memorial Scholarship, as well as a second scholarship, this month. The following received scholarships in this year's awards:

• Melinda Shoemaker, Walden University, recipient of the E. Eugene Schultz, Jr. PhD Memorial Scholarship
• Nicholas Hagood, Radford University

This set of scholarships included the first ever E. Eugene Schultz, Jr. PhD Memorial Scholarship, established in memory of a luminary in the Information Security field and a dedicated educator, Eugene Schultz (1946-2011).  This year marks the first grant given in memory of ISSA member and frequent conference speaker, Gene Schultz, who passed away last year. The award was announced at the 2012 RSA Conference as a part of the ISSA meeting held there. Sandy Lambert, ISSAEF Board Chair, and Kevin Richards, President of ISSA, presented a plaque commemorating the event to Gene's wife, Cathy, at the ceremony.

The Foundation intends to offer a recurring scholarship in his name in honor of his many years contributing to the education of tomorrow's information security professionals. If you would like to assist, please see the links on our Donate page. See the memorial to Gene on the Media page.

In addition, we have a number of new programs underway through the Foundation.

First, we have established a mechanism through which you can make a tax-exempt donation directly through our website using PayPal. See the Donate tab.  Please donate now to assist in this effort.

Second, we are now partnering with our original sponsor, the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) to support these efforts. They are making the donation option available to their members during the registration process. And ISSA members are being kept informed on our activities.

Third, we are partnering with the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc., (ISC)², to support their Safe and Secure student cyber safety awareness and training campaign.  Check it out on the (ISC)² website.

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