Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Chris Krebs laid out the agency’s five principles for defending today’s cyber infrastructure and securing the cyber tools of tomorrow during a talk at Auburn University on Thursday. As the first director of CISA, a division of the Department…
As a leader on the forefront of cybersecurity research and professional preparedness in the industry, Auburn University and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will host the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) director and assistant director during a two-day event Aug. 22-23.
2019 Insights into Data Protection
In our two-part interview with Mr. Cilluffo, he paints a vivid portrait of the cybersecurity threats that the country and private sector are currently facing, and what can (and can’t) be done about it.
In the 1990s, trade publications portrayed “enterprise security” as the strategy an organization puts in place to protect information systems from unauthorized access. Today, trade publications paint “enterprise security” as the strategy an organization puts in place to manage the risk of unauthorized access to…
Frank Cilluffo, director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, testified before a subcommittee of Congress’ Committee on Homeland Security Tuesday, speaking about the cybersecurity challenges that state and local governments face and how the federal government can help. Read the testimony…
Given the myriad cyber threats facing organizations today from criminals, nation-states and hacktivists, it should come as little surprise that senior-level executives are placing a larger emphasis on bolstering cybersecurity over physical security. However, the results of a recent survey conducted by the Center for…
“I’ve seen a sea change in terms of willingness to share, a recognition of the significance of information-sharing, and that’s in large part predicated on the threat environment, which is as complex as we’ve seen,” said Frank Cilluffo, director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for…
The Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD’s) foray into the world of science-based1interviewing began as many good crime stories do – with an unsolved murder and a suspectthe cops couldn’t crack. In a plot twist worthy of a Hollywood movie, the crime in questionalso involved a…
The deployment of advanced technologies is the newest battlefield between open societies and authoritarian regimes. This applies to technological innovations from artificial intelligence to quantum computing, but it is most visible in the rollout of fifth-generation networks that will underpin the next generation of connected…
