SANS Executive College really needed

Starting an accredited SANS college focusing on executive IT/business leadership is a big deal. Customer data protection and other regulatory rules (for starters) now involve IT leadership in legal, accounting, image and other complex business processes. And, just like accountants need to translate dollars and cents to all these business departments and regulators, so, too, will IT managers as they meet audit and system requirements on a very high business level. The next round of companies successful in the security arena will be involved in compliance somehow. eWeek’s STORY: SANS Will Start College for IT Security December 12, 2005 By Paul F. Roberts The SANS Institute has been granted approval by the State of Maryland to create a college and plans to begin accepting candidates for Masters of Science degrees in information security, according to a SANS statement. SANS will offer MS degrees in two subjects: Information Security Engineering and Information Security Management. Rest of article here…