The CIAS conducts activities in two major areas: Infrastructure Assurance Programs and Training and also Cyber Security Defense Competitions.

The Community Cyber Security Maturity Model (CCSMM), developed by the CIAS, serves as the roadmap for many of its activities.

Largely as a result of early CIAS activities, UTSA was the first university in Texas to receive designation as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the National Security Agency.

[2] The Center created and currently directs the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition and is a Founding Partner of the CyberPatriot National High School Cyber Defense Competition.

President Obama's May 2009 Cyberspace Policy Review[3] specifically mentions the CIAS's National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC) as an example of key education programs that can ensure the Nation's continued ability to compete in the information age economy.