{"463301":{"#nid":"463301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Establishes New Cybersecurity Research Effort","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn response to widespread and persistent cybersecurity threats to businesses, government and individuals, the Georgia Institute of Technology today announces the formation of a new, interdisciplinary research collaborative \u2013 the Institute for Information Security \u0026amp; Privacy (IISP).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IISP aligns the expertise of 200 researchers and nine labs across \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/academics\/colleges-and-schools\u0022\u003Efour colleges\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI) to form a single gateway to all cybersecurity efforts. Its purpose is to connect academia, industry and government to seamlessly develop vital solutions for national security, economic continuity and individual safety.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is led by Co-Directors \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iisp.gatech.edu\/bo-rotoloni\u0022\u003EBo Rotoloni\u003C\/a\u003E, a principal research engineer at GTRI, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iisp.gatech.edu\/wenke-lee\u0022\u003EWenke Lee\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/a\u003E and one of the world\u2019s most prolific cybersecurity researchers. Associate directors include experts in law, business management, computing and defense.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCybersecurity is no longer just a computer science problem for programmers; this is an issue that now touches every area of society,\u201d says Lee, whose research involves protecting industrial control systems, hardening defense equipment and secure Internet browsing. \u201cIt involves new policy considerations, better initial product design and more training for the professionals involved. We are doubling down to discover, connect and solve modern cybersecurity threats.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Executive Vice President for Research Stephen Cross says this effort is essential at a time when consumers readily trade private personal data for convenience and the public has become more dependent on cyber-physical systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech has the academic foundational research and educational programs, the technology transfer and applied research that make a real impact with industry and government, and the ability to understand and study the broader, societal impact,\u201d Cross says. \u201cCybersecurity work takes place in these three spheres, and the Institute for Information Security \u0026amp; Privacy has been built at the intersection of all three.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInitial research will focus on six areas: privacy policy, consumer-facing privacy, attribution, risk, trust and cyber-physical systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUnder the IISP, we expect to double our current cybersecurity research activity to move more research out to the marketplace, to develop new continuing education programs for professionals and to broaden the cybersecurity curriculum so it is taught across more degree fields at Georgia Tech,\u201d says Rotoloni. \u201cWe want to be a catalyst for an information security industry in Georgia that is already attracting national attention and embolden it through joint research projects with companies of all sizes and critical government agencies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more about the Institute for Information Security \u0026amp; Privacy, see \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iisp.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/iisp.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Eleventh Interdisciplinary Research Institute Brings More Colleges into Cybersecurity Work"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn response to widespread and persistent cybersecurity threats to businesses, government and individuals, the Georgia Institute of Technology today announces the formation of a new, interdisciplinary research collaborative \u2013 the Institute for Information Security \u0026amp; Privacy (IISP). The IISP aligns the expertise of 200 researchers and nine labs across \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/academics\/colleges-and-schools\u0022\u003Efour colleges\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI) to form a single gateway to all cybersecurity efforts. Its purpose is to connect academia, industry and government to seamlessly develop vital solutions for national security, economic continuity and individual safety.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Institute of Technology today announces the formation of a new, interdisciplinary research collaborative \u2013 the Institute for Information Security \u0026 Privacy (IISP)."}],"uid":"27490","created_gmt":"2015-10-27 23:15:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:54","author":"Tara La Bouff","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"451401":{"id":"451401","type":"image","title":"IISP logo 2","body":null,"created":"1449256280","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:11:20","changed":"1475895192","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:12","alt":"IISP logo 2","file":{"fid":"203340","name":"instituteforinformationsecurityprivacy-solid-black874.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/instituteforinformationsecurityprivacy-solid-black874_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/instituteforinformationsecurityprivacy-solid-black874_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":78240,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/instituteforinformationsecurityprivacy-solid-black874_0.jpg?itok=45BN7to8"}}},"media_ids":["451401"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/iisp.gatech.edu\/","title":"Visit the stitute for Information Security \u0026 Privacy Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1404","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tlabouff@cc.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETara La Bouff\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.769.5408\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tlabouff@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}