Research Cluster

Securing Cyberspace

Cyberspace comprises an interdependent network of information technology infrastructures essential to our economy, security, and way of life. Securing cyberspace was recognized to be one of the great Grand Challenges of the future according to the National Academy of Engineering**.

‘Securing cyberspace is an extraordinarily difficult strategic challenge that requires a coordinated and focused effort from our entire society-the federal government, state and local governments, the private sector, and … people.’

(From ‘The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace’ by George W. Bush 2003.)

Aims:

1. To develop methods of ensuring data availability and integrity.
2. To determine frameworks for quickly identifying attacks on information and data systems.
3. To develop methodologies for recovery of information systems after attack.

Objectives:

1. Digital Security and Forensics: Provide digital security across mobile and fixed mechanisms, to include networks, stand-alone machines, mobile phones, PDAs and other miniature devices. (Included are topics such as malicious software, cryptographic methods, privacy and anonymity technologies as well as forensic investigations across all of the above in the event of a security break.)

2. Techniques used to do research in the above areas: Develop optimization and clustering algorithms, as well as employing well-known reliable algorithms.

The work done by this group falls into the following categories:

Information Security and Forensics		Optimisation, Intelligent Modelling and Learning		Networked Computing and System Security		Securing Cyberspace Newsletter
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