NSF awards Purdue $1.5 million to enhance the anonymization and de-identification of sensitive data

Victor Raskin (Linguistics, CERIAS), Chris Clifton (C.S., CERIAS), Luo Si (C.S., CERIAS) and Karen Chang (School of Nursing) received a $1.5 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to enhance the anonymization and de-identification of sensitive data.

Melissa J. Dark Appointed W.C. Furnas Professor in the College of Technology

CS Colloquium October 4th: “Data-Driven Science for Cyber Security”

Discussed are two projects at CERT to use operationally collected datasets to understand (1) important trends in malware binaries and (2) reliably informing re-investigations for security clearances. Both of these projects fit into CERT’s overall approach for using operational data to drive research in cyber security.

CERIAS collaborates with McAfee to Examine Web 2.0 Technologies in the Australian Workplace

Web 2.0 sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube offer value to organizations, but raise security concerns.

Spafford quoted on Cyberczar’s trusted identities proposal

The proposed National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace calls for an online system where people must verify their true identity before completing an online transaction.

Spafford Attends White House Cybersecurity Briefing

Professor Eugene H. Spafford of Purdue Computer Science & CERIAS was invited to a briefing at the White House on July 14.

Mobile Forensics World 2010

3rd Annual Conference

Scammers target givers after Haiti earthquake

Professor Spafford describes how events like the recent earthquake in Haiti bring out con artists and scammers, and how to avoid them.

NSF awards $105m for Earthquake Engineering Center Ops HQ

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

Spafford Receives CRA Service Award

Professor Eugene Spafford has been awarded the 2009 Computing Research Association (CRA) Distinguished Service Award.