Capitol recruiting at ISC East Security Show - NYC Javits Center

By Xavier A. Richards, Director of Graduate Recruitment

In graduate recruiting, it is very important for us to keep updated with what our industry professionals are doing and what degrees and certificates they require to stay ahead of the curve. As a result, we try our best to attend and participate in security conferences all across the US and so during November we were in New York City for the ISC East Tech Show.

Capitol had an exhibit booth and we had the opportunity to speak with many technical reps in the physical security world from vendors, integrators, consultants or end users. We were able to promote our degree programs to the wide variety of attendees of this show.

Many of the individuals at this event were interested in systems integration, wireless security applications, access control, remote monitoring and video surveillance to name a few. This is a new area for us, as typically we would attend IT security conferences. This event provided us with a great opportunity to get exposure for a new set of courses we are looking to offer which relates to physical security and identity management. There were quite a few individuals seeking knowledge in data security and access control and we were able to talk to them about future online courses we will offer in that field. The attendees were from all over but mainly from NY, NJ, MA, CT and so with our graduate degrees and certificates being 100% online, it is very convenient for our students.

In the near future, pending approval, we will be offering a graduate certificate in Secure Access and Identity Management. Also, currently our students are working with the faculty on an ICAM (Identity Credential Access Management) project which deals with issues related to digital identity, access management and credential.  We are very excited to venture into the physical security space and provide the courses and tools that will help professionals advance their knowledge skills in this area.