Institute for Cyber Security Overview Ravi Sandhu Executive
Institute for Cyber Security Overview Ravi Sandhu Executive Director Professor of Computer Science Lutcher Brown Chair in Cyber Security ravi. sandhu@utsa. edu www. ics. utsa. edu www. profsandhu. com © Ravi Sandhu World-Leading Research with Real-World Impact! 1
Cyber Security at UTSA Research Centers Institute for Cyber Security Center for Infrastructure Assurance … Cyber Center for Security Analytics Open Cloud Institute National Security Collaboration Center Academic Colleges Human Development Sciences Arts Business Education School of Data ……. Engineering Science NSA/DHS Certifications Human Cyber Operations Development Cyber Defense Research Cyber Defense Education School of Data Science A strategic priority since 2000 © Ravi Sandhu World-Leading Research with Real-World Impact! 2
ICS & C-SPECC Institute for Cyber Security (ICS) Scope: All of Cyber Security NSF Center for Security and Privacy Enhanced Cloud Computing (C-SPECC) Scope: Secure Cloud Computing © Ravi Sandhu World-Leading Research with Real-World Impact! 3
ICS Mission and History MISSION Sustained excellence in graduate-level sponsored research 2012 -2017 Graduated to a self-sustaining operation 2007 -2012 Founded by startup funding from State of Texas In collaboration with: College of Engineering College of Business College of Education Open Cloud Institute Cyber Center for Security & Analytics Partnership with 4 NISD High Schools: Harlan, Woodson, Taft, Business Careers Ø Established world class laboratories for: Secure cloud computing & Malware research © Ravi Sandhu 2017 -2022 Major expansion by winning NSF C-SPECC grant World-Leading Research with Real-World Impact! 4
Natural vs Cyber Science Elephant Problem Cyber-Elephant Problem Applied vs Foundational Science: Cyber-elephants require applied and foundational combined Present vs Future Focus: Rapidly evolving cyberelephants require future focus Point Problems vs Holistic Research: Need both but holistic needs significantly more emphasis © Ravi Sandhu World-Leading Research with Real-World Impact! 5
Holistic Cyber Security Research Objectives Enable POLICY ATTACKS What? Why? Respond Enforce Mechanisms © Ravi Sandhu Defend P R O T E C T How? Complement World-Leading Research with Real-World Impact! 6 D E T E C T
ICS Major Research Thrusts APPLICATION DOMAINS Ø Cloud Computing Ø Internet of Things (Io. T) Ø Social Networks Ø Big Data Ø Mobile Platforms Ø Enterprise Ø Insider Threat Ø Scientific Infrastructure Ø …. TECHNOLOGIES Ø Access Control Ø Policy Ø Malware Ø Detection and Forensics Ø Blockchain Ø Artificial Intelligence Ø Machine Learning Ø Data Provenance Ø …. Goal: Broaden and Deepen © Ravi Sandhu World-Leading Research with Real-World Impact! 7
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