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

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

News & Blogs

Spafford Comments on Gary McKinnon Case

Fri, September 25, 2009CERIAS Media Citings

Professor Eugene Spafford, founder of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at Indiana’s Purdue University, said the victim of a cybercrime should not take the blame. If someone broke a door to rob a store, he said, it was usual to charge them the cost of the door.



CERIAS Prof Finds Confidential Information on State-Auctioned Computers

Fri, September 25, 2009CERIAS Media Citings

Rogers found the lottery hard drives contain a list of lottery players, along with their home addresses, email addresses and birthdates; personal emails to and from lottery employees including lewd jokes and information about workers’ children; agency databases, contact lists and contracts; serial numbers and other information about lottery scratch-off and pull tab ticket machines placed in retail stores around the state; and employee usernames and passwords used to log on to state computers.



The Secunia Personal Software Inspector

Tue, September 22, 2009General


Odds & Ends

Thu, September 17, 2009General, Kudos, Opinions and Rants


NSF awards $105m for Earthquake Engineering Center Ops HQ

Tue, September 15, 2009General

CERIAS faculty member Prof. Saurabh Bagchi to be responsible for cybersecurity



ReAssure 1.20 Release

Wed, September 09, 2009General






A Quick Note about Cloud Computing

Wed, August 19, 2009General