Accreditations & Acknowledgements

Accreditations & Acknowledgements

Mile2 is: 

• ACCREDITED by the NSA CNSS 4011-4016
• MAPPED to NIST / Homeland Security NICCS's Cyber Security Workforce Framework
• APPROVED on the FBI Cyber Security Certification Requirement list (Tier 1-3)

*mile2®’s certification courseware met all the elements of the following CNSS National Training Standards: On March 11, 2013, The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) recognized that mile2’s certification courseware met all the elements of the following CNSS National Training Standards:

NSTISSI-4011 National Training Standard for Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) C)ISSO – Certified Information Systems Security Officer
CNSSI – 4012 National Information Assurance Training Standard for Senior Systems Managers C)ISSO – Certified Information Systems Security Officer
CNSSI-4013 National Information Assurance Training Standard for System Administrators C)PTE – Certified Penetration Testing Engineer
CNSSI-4014 Information Assurance Training Standard for Information Systems Security Officers C)SLO – Certified Security Leadership Officer
NSTISSI-4015 National Training Standard for Systems Certifiers ISCAP – Information Systems Certification and Accreditation Professional
CNSSI-4016 National Information Assurance Training Standards for Risk Analysis C)DRE - Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer

The CNSS IACE program was established in 2000 as a pre-requisite to applying for designation as a NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance (CAE-IAE). Under the new NSA/Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) designation program, CNSS certificates serve as validation that an institution's curriculum meets national standards. mile2®’s courses are accredited from CNSS 4011-4016*.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a measurement standards laboratory and a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is to promote innovation and industrial competitiveness. Mile2’s certification programs have been mapped with NIST’s cybersecurity workforce framework.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Security Agency (NSA) jointly sponsor the National Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) program. Working together, the NICCS (National Initiative for Cyber Security Careers and Studies) professional certification program was created. Mile2’s cybersecurity courses have been approved and are available through NICCS Education and Training Catalog and usa.gov.

Listed as an expert level certification on CompTIA's Certification Roadmap