Corey Schou is University Professor of Informatics and Associate Dean at Idaho State University,[1] director of the National Information Assurance Training and Education Center (NIATEC) and the Simplot Decision Support Center (SDSC), and for ten years the chair of the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE).
[2] In the early 1980s, organizations began to recognize that connected PCs in various locations were much more vulnerable than a mainframe locked away in a single building.
These organizations began seeking qualified individuals responsible for selecting, recommending and implementing security policy and procedures.
Schou, with Idaho State University hosted the finalization meetings Archived 2017-02-04 at the Wayback Machine in Salt Lake City.
Schou's work is recognized several organizations such as ISC2 Archived 2017-02-04 at the Wayback Machine as foundational to the Information Assurance discipline in academia.