Poly Receives 1 Million Dollars for Computer Security Research & Education

Posted: 09/28/04

       The CIS Department at Polytechnic University has received two new grants totalling $1,025,000 from the National Science Foundation to support its research and education programs in computer security. The awards will further strengthen research and education in the security area at Polytechnic, which was one of the first institutions to be named a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the NSA. The department also offers specialized graduate and undergraduate certification and fellowship programs in Computer Security.

      The first award, titled "ForNet: Design and Implementation of a Network Forensics System", will support the design and implementation of a Network Forensics System for capturing and mining data traffic in computer networks. The award is for $750K over three years and involves a collaboration between Polytechnic and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The Principal Investigator is Prof. Nasir Memon (Poly), with Co-PIs Hervé Brönnimann and Joel Wein at Poly and Douglas Salane and Adina Schwartz at John Jay.

      The second award, titled "Collaborative Research: A Virtual Network Security Laboratory", funds the development of a Virtual Lab that will allow students from other institutions to remotely conduct experiments on information assurance topics over the internet. The award is for a total of $275K over two years, with Principal Investigator Nasir Memon and Co-Principal Investigators Phyllis Frankl and Gleb Naumovich.