The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) of Purdue University

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

, USA, is a center for research and education in areas of information security

Information security

Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording or destruction....

 for computing

Computing

Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...

 and communication

Communication

Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...

 infrastructures.

Its research is focused on the following areas:

• Risk Management, Policies, and Laws
• Trusted Social and Human Interactions
• Security Awareness, Education, and Training
• Assurable Software and Architectures
• Enclave and Network Security
• Incident Detection, Response, and Investigation
• Identification, Authentication, and Privacy
• Cryptology and Rights

CERIAS is one of the world’s leading academic institutions in this area. It is one of the NSF

National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...

's "Original Seven" Centers for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.

History

CERIAS was rooted in COAST research group(Computer Operations, Audit, and Security Technology) established in 1991 in the Computer Sciences Department of Purdue out of research groups of professors Eugene Spafford and Samuel Wagstaff, Jr.. COAST was initially funded by Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...

, Schlumberger

Schlumberger

Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...

, Bell Northern Research (BNR, now NorTel

Nortel

Nortel Networks Corporation, formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and sometimes known simply as Nortel, was a multinational telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada...

), and Hughes Research Laboratories

Hughes Research Laboratories

HRL Laboratories , was the research arm of the Hughes Aircraft Company. Its dedicated research center was established in 1960 in Malibu...

. COAST has been subsumed by CERIAS as of January 1, 1999.

See also

• Carnegie Mellon's CyLab
• MIT
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
  
  's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL)