To provide an interface with governmental agencies and information assurance (IA)research institutions.

To provide a forum that will serve in the Building of Information Assurance Capacity and Improving Infrastructure at Minority Serving Institution's (MSI's).

To serve as a model for other regional workshops for minority serving institutions.

This year’s focus is to discuss one of the most controversial topics in Information Assurance education, this topic impacts teachers, administrations, information technology departments and students. The panels, presentations and discussions will examine hacking from all viewpoints and attempt to determine if and how we should teach “ethical hacking”.