Western Carolina University - Center for Information Technology and Assurance (CITA)

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“Information without Assurance Produces Risk”– CITA, 2008

Our students learn to design and deploy electronic information systems to help organizations gain a competitive advantage while assuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of vital information. CITA prepares our students to be business-ready in one of the country’s most critical national infrastructures, information technology.

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Center for Information Technology and Assurance (CITA)

The purpose of the WCU Center for Information Technology and Assurance (CITA) [see-tah] is to assist new and developing business and industry in the western North Carolina region to compete globally, and to serve as a superior platform for imparting real-world IT problem-solving skills and information assurance.

By identifying, developing, and guiding professional partnerships between regional business and industry and WCU business students, CITA offers the following advantages:

Experiential education for students
Flexible delivery
Innovation and synergy
Obvious ROI for tax dollars spent
Benefits to both product and client
A competitive advantage and a world of opportunity for students

In collaboration with the Department of Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, and Economics, CITA administers a B.S.B.A. degree in Computer Information Systems through the Information Systems Program.

We invite you to learn more—read about CITA and its activities or contact us with your questions. We look forward to hearing from you.