The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

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I3P Fellowships Now Available I3P Fellowships Now Available

Fri, February 17, 2006General

Fellowships for up to $150,000 per fellow per award for cyber security R&D are available from the I3P (Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection - www.thei3p.org).



7th Annual CERIAS Information Security Symposium 7th Annual CERIAS Information Security Symposium

Wed, February 15, 2006Feature

How do we negotiate trust in a world of imperfect knowledge, conflicting information, and indirect communication? Trust acknowledges the existence of risk, but infers that the calculated risk is manageable and acceptable—that a decision



Surveillance Society

Tue, January 31, 2006Policies & Law




Spafford Profiled By ACM (acm.org) Spafford Profiled By ACM (acm.org)

Wed, January 11, 2006CERIAS Media Citings

Professor Spafford has been interviewed about a variety of topics as part of a series of articles profiling ACM Fellows.



Professor Spafford Interview (pkiforum.com) Professor Spafford Interview (pkiforum.com)

Thu, December 15, 2005CERIAS Media Citings

PKIForum.com has published a multi-part interview with Professor Spafford discussing security from the user’s standpoint, as well as PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) issues.



USAToday Profiles Spafford (USAToday.com) USAToday Profiles Spafford (USAToday.com)

Thu, December 15, 2005CERIAS Media Citings

Professor Spafford has been profiled by USA Today as part of a series of "people to watch" in 2001.



White Hat v. Black Hat (infosecnews.com) White Hat v. Black Hat (infosecnews.com)

Thu, December 15, 2005CERIAS Media Citings

Professor Spafford has been quoted extensively in an article by the Interpol European Working Group on Information Technology Crime.  The article deals with the hiring of "black-hat" and "grey-hat" computer experts.





CERIAS Incident Response Database CERIAS Incident Response Database

Thu, December 08, 2005Feature

The CERIAS Incident Response Database is a web-based system that tracks data related to ongoing incident responses. Responders record the type of event, amount of time spent reacting to the incident (and the cost attached to this), and their role in the response.  By collecting this data, a better understanding of the financial costs of incidents can be formed.