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McAfee Inc., (NYSE:MFE) a pioneer and worldwide leader of intrusion prevention solutions, has formed a partnership with Rochester Institute of Technology as the university launches a new master's program in computer security and information assurance. McAfee has donated more than $1 million in next- generation intrusion prevention technology to RIT's B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences (GCCIS), one of the nation's largest and most comprehensive computing colleges.
Unlike other universities that offer programs in computer security, RIT's new master's degree is executed across multiple disciplines within the college, utilizing talent from all three of its departments -- computer science, information technology, and software engineering. McAfee's donation will help faculty develop curricula in computer and network security -- offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Students will receive hands-on learning in such courses as network security and forensics, wireless security, and computer system forensics. McAfee's solutions will also be integrated into the computer system security course in which...