Past News Articles
CoC Faculty Member Testifies Before Congressional Committee
Professor Seymour (Sy) Goodman testified April 1 before the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities. [Read more about Goodman's congressional committee] [pdf]
Q&A with Ling Liu at University of Illinois-Chicago Distinguished Lecture
by Ryan Mark, Medill Reports, April 30, 2008 [Read more about Liu's Q&A and lecture ]
Kraken Spawns a Clash of the Titans
by Brian Krebs, Washingtonpost.com, April 8, 2008 [Read more about Kraken]
GTISC Professor Nick Feamster featured in Technology Review article, Defending Laptops from Zombie Attacks
Technology Review Published by MIT, March 21, 2008 [Read more]
Computing Assistant Professors Nick Feamster and Adam Kalai Win Sloan Fellowships
Two School of Computer Science faculty members, Nick Feamster in the Networking and Telecommunications Group and GTISC, and Adam Kalai in the Theory Group and ARC ThinkTank, have been awarded the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan fellowships for 2008. [Read more about the Sloan Fellowship winnters]
Cisco Security Advisory Based on GTISC Research
Cisco article, February 13, 2008 [Read more about the advisory board]
Symposium on Computation and Journalism
Feb 22-23, 2008,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;
Keynotes: Khrishna Bharat (Google) and Michael Skiloer (MPR)
Hosted by GVU Center at Georgia Tech [More Information]
Prototype software sniffs out, disrupts botnets
Researchers this week detailed a prototype system to identify and eradicate botnets in the wild. NetworkWorld Community Blog, February 15, 2008 [Read more]
Use of Rogue DNS Servers on Rise
Mendacious machines controlled by hackers that reroute Internet traffic from infected computers to fraudulent Web sites are increasingly being used to launch attacks, according to a paper published this week by researchers with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Google Inc. By Jordan Robertson, Associated Press, February 14, 2008 [Read Article]
Phishing Attacks Could Be Undetectable
Companies and users are at serious risk from a loophole in the the Domain Name System (DNS) that could make financial scams such as phishing attacks practically undetectable, according to a study presented this week by researchers from Georgia Tech and Google. By Matthew Broersma, TechWorld, February 12, 2008 [Read Article]
GTISC Faculty Comments on Encryption
GTISC Professor Jonathon Giffin comments on password and computer encryption. By Ashley Phillips and Scott Michels, ABC News.com, February 11, 2008 [Read Article]
SANS Flags Browsers, Botnets as Top Security 'Menaces'
SANS Institute revealed its list of the top menaces facing IT in the coming year. By David Nagel, Campus Technology, January 17, 2008 [Read Article]
GTISC Director Featured in Wall Street Journal Article, "Web Sites to Keep You On Budget"
GTISC Director Mustaque Ahamad gives safety advice on online money management tools. Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2008 [Read Article]
Recent GTISC Professor Published Articles
Herbert S. Lin, Alfred Z. Spector, Peter G. Neumann, Seymour E. Goodman, "Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace," Inside Risks, Comm. of the ACM, Vol. 50, No. 10, October 2007, 128.
S. E. Goodman, Robert Ramer, "Identify and Mitigate the Risks of Global IT Outsourcing," Editorial Preface, The Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM), Vol. 10, No. 4, October 2007, 1-6.
Seymour E. Goodman, Rob Ramer, "Global Sourcing of IT Services and Information Security: Prudence Before Playing," Comm. of the American Association for Information Systems (CAIS), Vol, 20, December 2007, 812-823.
GTISC Researchers mentioned in Spam Research Projects
GTISC researchers listed as part of a dozen research projects underway that focus on new technology and techniques to stop spam. By Cara Garretson, Network World, November 20, 2007 [Read Article]
New Free Full Text Book: Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace
Sources/Authors: Seymour E. Goodman and Herbert S. Lin, Editors, Committee on Improving Cybersecurity Research in the United States, National Research Council [The National Academies Press, Read This Free Online]
Report: Hackers to Target Web 2.0, Mobile, RFID Technologies in '08
October 10, 2007 - The coming year will see hackers set their sights on users of Web 2.0, mobile and RFID technologies due to the vast potential for financial gain each represents, according to a cybersecurity think tank. CIO, Al Sacco [Read More]
Made for Hacking
October 3, 2007 - Vint Cerf, Google's chief Internet evangelist, says the Internet is insecure. Forbes, Andy Greenberg [Read More]
Online Video Emerges as PC Security Hole
October 3, 2007 - Online videos aren't just for bloopers and rants — some might also be conduits for malicious code that can infect your computer. AP [Read More]
GTISC Names Advisory Board
September 14, 2007 - The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) has created a 19-member board of industry advisors to give GTISC advice and strategy as it grows as an academic research organization in information security.
[View Atlanta Business Chronicle article ] 
Information Security Seminar
The GTISC Information Security Seminar is in full swing for the fall semester. The weekly seminar provides interested students and faculty with access to the latest security problems faced by industry and commerce as well as state-of-the-art solutions developed by researchers at Georgia Tech and other academic institutions. For complete information, see the seminar's website.
First version of BotHunter is officially released now! (July 30, 2007)
SRI International and Georgia-Tech Institute (under the Cyber-TA research project) are pleased to announce the first Internet distribution of BotHunter, version 0.9.3. BotHunter introduces a new kind of passive network perimeter monitoring scheme, designed to recognize the intrusion and coordination dialog that occurs during a successful malware infection. It employs a novel dialog-based correlation engine (patent pending), which recognizes the communication patterns of malware-infected computers within your network perimeter. BotHunter is available for download and runs under Linux Fedora, SuSE, and Debian distributions.
Stolen data now more marketable
Hackers today are cyber pros going for big bucks, not kids or vandals.
Mustaque Ahamad, director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, comments on recent development of hackers. "Traditionally, hacking started with some kids in a basement doing it for fun or for bragging rights, " said Ahamad. "The last several years, the trend shifted to criminals and now it's more of an organized crime." By Madhusmita Bora, St Petersburg Times, Published July 8, 2007
Mike Nelson-Palmer was presented with an Information Assurance Courseware Evaluation certificate at The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education Conference, June 5, 2007
GTISC Industrial Partner, SpiDynamics bought by HP, HP Press Release, June 19, 2007 ( pdf)
Nick Feamster awarded joint NSF award with MIT, CMU and Berkeley for $1.2M over 3 years, "Towards an Accountable Internet Architecture."
The growing cryptography group, led by an assistant professor Alexandra Boldyreva, had proceedings published from Asiacrypt '06, PKC '07, IEEE Security and Privacy '07, and will appear at the Data and Applications Security '07 and Crypto '07 conferences.
Georgia Tech's Identity Assertion Work Highlighted in Nortel's Labs and External Research Efforts, Nortel's Future Made Simple, May 2007 ( pdf)
ACM President's Award Honors Leading Proponent of Computer Security, Ethics, and Safety, Association for Computing Machinery - April 3, 2007
Schmidt: Cybersecurity a Private Affair, Search Security - March 8, 2007
Howard Schmidt Career Profile featured in Dark Reading, March 6, 2007
Johnathon Giffin featured in CBS news story [VIDEO] [TEXT] March 3, 2007
Early time change could throw your computer
But impact of March 11 switch to daylight-saving time is not really known featuring Johnathon Giffin, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - March 3, 2007
Nick Feamster Receives NSF CAREER Award, February 14, 2007
How Does The Hacker Economy Work? InformationWeek - February 10, 2007
David Dagon, GTISC student, mentioned in NYTimes ( pdf)
GTISC Expert Discusses How To Combat Hackers
Professor of the Practice and world-renowned cybersecurity expert Howard Schmidt will speak at the Global Knowledge Congress' upcoming conference. November 6, 2006 ( pdf)
Georgia Precints to Use Paper Trail Mustaque Ahamad, director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, said most computer scientists believe voting machines are susceptible to tampering. Atlanta Journal Constitution (subcription required or download pdf version ), November 4, 2006
Data reveal trends to help researchers building better e-mail filters, The Whistle, October 9 edition ( pdf)
US experts take on VoIP security, One Stop Click, UK - Oct 2, 2006
VoIP Security Research Partnership Announced, Georgia Tech News Room, GA - Sep 27, 2006
Ga. Tech, BellSouth, Internet Security Systems initiate VoIP ... PhysOrg.com, VA - Sep 27, 2006
Georgia Tech Information Security Center, BellSouth and Internet ... Yahoo! News (press release) - Sep 27, 2006
VoIP Security Research Technology News Daily, AZ - Sep 28, 2006
Georgia Tech, BellSouth, Internet Security Systems Team Up For ... Local Tech Wire, SC - Sep 28, 2006
US experts launch VoIP security partnership, VNUNet.com, UK - Sep 28, 2006
BellSouth, ISS Back VoIP Security Effort, Telecomweb - Sep 27, 2006
US experts launch VoIP security partnership, iT News, Australia - Sep 28, 2006
Improving Cyber Security Research In The U.S., August 29, 2006
Buyout Ends Summer of Takeover Rumors for ISS Law.com | Fulton County Daily Report August 25, 2006 ( pdf available)
Recent GTISC and CoC Graduate Dr. Greg Conti Comments on Dangers of Online Searching
GTISC and PhD student David Dagon presents blueprints for an industrywide, automated "malware repository"WashingtonPost.com, August 9, 2006
Professor Goodman Addresses Cyber Security in Africa, August 2, 2006
Howard Schmidt's article, Shield Your Privacy or Be Exposed, Business Trends Quarterly, July 31, 2006 (pdf)
Tiger Team Competition Receives Symantec Support
Howard Schmidt Receives Two Distinguished Honors
GTISC's renowned cyber security expert is a Georgia Tech Professor of Practice, and the new president of ISSA's International Board of Directors.
Research to Stem Spammers Accepted by Top Conference Nick Feamster, Assistant Professor within the Computing Sciences and Systems (CSS) division, and Ph.D. student Anirudh Ramachandran recently had their work accepted by ACM's SIGCOMM 2006.
Business Vital to Keeping Identity Info Safe Atlanta Business Chronicle, June 23, 2006
GTISC Director Says NSA's Controversial Traffic Analysis Is No Trivial Project Daily Report, May 19, 2006 ( PDF)
Georgia Tech Information Security Center To Host Identity Management Summit
GTISC Director, Mustaque Ahamad, is panelist for Cybersecurity Breakfast event hosted by IBM and Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Moderator is GTISC alum Phyllis Schneck.
GTISC Pam Hassebroek, a student working with College of Computing Professor Sy Goodman and the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) was honored by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium. (Business Wire, April 27, 2006)
GTISC Named Industrial Partner by Verso: An Alliance for VoIP Security (Business Wire, Mar 8, 2006) ( PDF)
GTISC co-director, Dr. Sy Goodman chaired the Risks and Exposures Subcommittee, for the major ACM study of offshoring outsourcing released at the beginning of March 2006. Read the report.
Renowed Cyber Security Expert Howard Schmidt Joins Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GT press ) and (Local Tech Wire)
Ga. Tech embraces 'new face of computing' (AJC, Feb 20, 2006) ( PDF)
The Kama Sutra worm "will make a lot of people very unhappy on February 3rd" says expert Merrick Furst (CNN Technology, Feb 1, 2006) ( PDF)
Botnets are #1 emerging internet threat says CoC Distinguished Professor Merrick Furst (CNN Access, Jan 31, 2006) ( PDF)
Bot-buster Merrick Furst says botnets are today's top security threat (Red Herring, Jan 27, 2006) ( PDF)
Workshop on Exploring International Dimensions of Cybersecurity ( PDF)
Prof. Wenke Lee appointed to editorial board of ACM Transactions on Information and System Security
Tiger Team Competition Winners Announced
Experts: Wireless security is immature (CNN.com, Nov 17, 2005)
Experts: WI-FI needs more security against hackers By Douglas Sams, staff writer (Gwinnett Daily Post, Nov 16, 2005)
Wireless Security Summit Press Release ( PDF)
As wireless grows, so do security risks by Rich DeMillo Dean of the CoC (AJC, Nov 3, 2005) ( PDF)
CipherTrust Sponsors the 2005-2006 Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) Distinguished Lecture Series (Business Wire, Sept 15, 2005)
The 2005-2006 GTISC Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by CipherTrust, Inc., will have the first lecture on September 27, and it will be given by Anthony Michael (Tony) Rutkowski, who is Vice-President for Regulatory Affairs within the Communication Services Division at VeriSign, Inc.
Rich DeMillo comments on the lack of security for wVoIP
Georgia Tech Information Security Center to Host Voice Over Internet Protocol Security Summit ( PDF)
GTISC members Julian Grizzard and Greg Conti recently participated in the Defcon and Black Hat conferences. Grizzard spoke at Defcon on the subject of surgical recovery from rootkit installations. Conti spoke at Black Hat on building a PVR for security datastreams and at Defcon on countering denial of information attacks. (July 27-31, 2005)
Cisco Critical Infrastructure Assurance Group (CIAG) Supports Education at Top Institutions (Cisco System, June 28, 2005)
CSIA Presents Orson Swindle with 2005 RSA Conference Award for Public Policy ( PDF)
Notes from Reed Hundt talk, April 21, 2005 [PowerPoint file]
Dr. Ralph Merkle, quoted in New York Times article "When E-Mail Points the Way Down the Rabbit Hole"
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