Members of the center participate in national level efforts to educate leaders and further progress in Information Assurance. These activities include leading meetings, conducting symposia, establishing standards, conducting simulations and exercises, providing consulting, and assembling and delivering specialized courses.
Information Operations - Daniel T. Kuehl, Ph.D.
This area includes areas vital to our war fighters such as Electronic Warfare, Operations Security, Psychological Operations, Military Deception, and Computer Network Operations. For over ten years Center members have been instrumental in creating the first curriculum focused strictly on this important topic.
Certification and Accreditation - Gilliam E. Duvall, M.S., Mark Duke, M.S., and Robert Young, D.H.Sc.
C&A is the process of insuring that information systems are secure before placing them into operation . The college offers education in the Defense IT Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP) and in the Information Assessment Methodology (IAM).
Wireless Security - Marwan M. Jamal, M.S. and Robert Young, D.H.Sc.
The importance of protecting our growing array of wireless is highlighted by center member research, writing, and presentations in this arena.
Infrastructure Control Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) - John H. Saunders, Ph.D., Luis Kun Ph.D.
This area provides a focus on awareness and protection of our government's infrastructure control devices and control centers. These controls have a key role in the delivery of basic services such as electricity, water, and fuel on military bases and in government buildings and business centers. Center members have participated in efforts including the ISA's SP-99, NIST's PCSRF, and the newly formed Working Group on Control Systems Security Curriculum (CSSC).
Critical Infrastructure Protection - Mary Carroll, J.D., Daniel T. Kuehl, Ph.D., Luis Kun Ph.D., Gilliam E. Duvall, M.S., John H. Saunders, Ph.D.
Following the issuance of Presidential Decision Directive 63 in 1997 the center's members have been actively involved in highlighting and leading national level discussions on the the issues associated with securing our National Infrastrucutre.
Risk Management - Daniel J. Ryan, J.D.
Members are developing new methods for estimation of probability functions enabling quantitative risk management. Applications of quantitative risk management include information assurance investment analysis and security metrics for information infrastructures.
Forensics - Robert Young, D.H.Sc., Gilliam E. Duvall, M.S
