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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Video: What innovations make biz most vulnerable to technology risk?

Tue, January 28, 2014

Professor Spafford and others weighed in on the most vulnerable technologies at the 2013 ISSA International Conference.





Startup Develops Purdue Sensor Diagnostic Software, Receives $150,000 Grant from NSF

Mon, December 23, 2013

High-tech companies that manufacture and integrate sensor networks for electronic systems could benefit from a Purdue University technology developed by a startup that received National Science Foundation funding. SensorHound Innovations LLC was awarded a six-month SBIR Phase I grant from the NSF, scheduled for Jan. 1 through June 30. The company’s software solutions are based on research from Purdue University’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Computer Science.







The Passing of A Pioneer

Tue, November 26, 2013General








Purdue Experts Part Of Electric Grid Cyberattack Drill

Wed, November 13, 2013CERIAS Media Citings

Marc Rogers, director of Purdue’s Cyberforensics Lab and CERIAS Fellow, says the drill will recreate everything from a partial shutdown of electricity across North America to a virtual blackout affecting all of the U-S, Canada, and Mexico. “They will look at how vulnerable (the grid is) or what the weaknesses are, how would these things be identified; could they be identified in time; once they were identified and once there were bad things happening to the grid, how would the grid recover, and how long it would take to recover,” said Rogers.