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UTSA's New Center
Center for Security and Privacy Enhanced Cloud Computing (C-SPECC)
Ravi SandhuExecutive Director of ICS and C-SPECC
Professor of Computer ScienceLutcher Brown Chair in Cyber Security
College of Science, Research Conference, UTSA CampusOctober 6, 2017
www.cspecc.utsa.eduwww.profsandhu.com
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ICS Mission and History
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MISSIONSustained excellence in graduate-level sponsored research
2012-2017Graduated to a self-sustaining operation
2007-2012Founded by start-up funding from State of Texas
2017-2022Major expansion by winning NSF C-SPECC grant
In collaboration with:College of ScienceCollege of EngineeringCollege of BusinessCollege of Education and
Human DevelopmentOpen Cloud InstituteCyber Center for Security & Analytics
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Natural Science
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The Elephant Problem
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Cyber Science
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The Cyber-Elephant Problem
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Applied and Basic Research Combined (ABC)
Software:Waterfall -> Agile and DevOps
Security:Waterfall -> ???
Tech transfer:Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) -> ???
* The New ABCs of Researchby Ben Schneiderman, 2016
ICS Research Philosophy
TECHNOLOGIES Access Control PolicyMalware Detection and Forensics Security Dynamics
APPLICATION DOMAINS Cloud Computing Internet of Things (IoT) Social Networks Enterprise
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ICS Major Research Areas
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NIST Cloud Computing 3-4-5 Definition
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2009-201116 versions
5 Essential Characteristics
3 Service Models 4 Deployment Models
PublicPrivateCommunityHybrid/Multi
Software as a Service (SaaS)Platform as a Service (PaaS)Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
On-demand self serviceBroad network accessResource pooling (multi-tenant)Rapid elasticityMeasured service
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Cyber Security Landscape
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PROTECT
DETECT
Complement
How?
POLICY ATTACKS
What? Why?
Enforce
Enable
Defend
Respond
Objectives
Mechanisms
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Cyber Security Landscape
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C-SPECC Overview
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C-SPECC Goals
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i. Achieve national recognition for research, innovation and education in secure cloud computing
ii. Increase participation of underrepresented groups in high tech computing
iii. Pursue innovative research-based educational strategies for high school through doctoral level
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C-SPECC Scholarships
