Cyber security is extremely important in this day when so much information is passed through the lines of the Internet. In February of this year, the Knoxville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation recognized this as one of the reasons in choosing Capella University student Tammy Alexander as the 2006 FBI Director's Community Leadership Award recipient.
The award, which publicly recognizes individuals or organizations efforts to make a difference in their communities through working to deter violence and drugs, was presented to Alexander for her "significant contributions to cyber security, Infragard, and the law enforcement community, specifically the Knoxville FBI".
Alexander stated that, “There are a lot of people who are deserving of this award. I’m so honored to be recognized among all of them.”
As a master's degree student at capella university, Alexander is studying education with an emphasis on enrollment management. The director for information assurance and cyber security training at Fountainhead College of Technology in Knoxville, Tenn., Alexander develops and conducts cyber security awareness lectures and workshops. In addition to that she is the Vice President on the Board of Advisors for the Infragard Knoxville Members Alliance, a FBI program that aims to improve and extend information sharing between private industry and the government, particularly the FBI, when it comes to critical national infrastructures.
"Critical infrastructures are those physical and cyber-based systems essential to the minimum operations of the economy and government. These systems are so vital, that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on the defense or economic security of the United States." - President William J. Clinton, 1998
About Capella University
Founded in 1993, Capella University is an accredited* online university that offers graduate degree programs in business, information technology, education, human services, and psychology, and bachelor’s degree programs in business and information technology. Within those areas, Capella currently offers 82 graduate and undergraduate specializations and 16 certificate programs. The online university currently serves more than 17,900 students from all 50 states and 56 countries. It is committed to providing high-caliber academic excellence and pursuing balanced business growth. Capella University is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capella Education Company, headquartered in Minneapolis. For more information, please visit capella.edu or call 1-888-CAPELLA (227-3552).
* Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), ncahlc.org.
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