Faculty Active in Research and Practice in Information Assurance/Security

NSU faculty members have been actively publishing in information assurance/security for many years.  Below are examples of IA publications from faculty at NSU.

Levy, Y., & Ramim, M. M. (2009). Initial development of a learners ratified acceptance of multibiometrics intentions model (RAMIM). Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 5, 379-397.

Littman, M.K. (2009). Satellite Network Security. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Education 2nd ed.: Volume III. Hershey, PA and NY: Information Science Reference.

Laszlo, M. & Mukherjee, S. (2009). Approximation Bounds for Minimum Information Loss Microaggregation. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. Forthcoming. Computer Society Digital Library. DOI: <http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TKDE.2009.78>

Levy, Y., & Ramim, M. (2009). Towards a Development of a Users' Ratified Acceptance of Multi-biometrics Intentions Model (RAMIM): Initial Empirical Results. Proceedings of the Chais 2009 Conference on Learning Technologies Research.

Farhat, S., Simco, G., & Mitropoulos, F. J. (2009). Refining and Reasoning about Nonfunctional Requirements. Proceedings of the 47th Annual ACM Southeast Conference (ACMSE 2009).

Littman, M.K. (2009). Building Wireless Grids. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Education, 2nd ed.: Volume 1. Hershey, PA and NY: Information Science Reference.

Littman, M. K. (2009). Implementing DWDM Lambda-grids. In M. Pagani (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, 2nd ed. Hershey, PA and NY: Information Science Reference, 661–667.

Littman, M. K. (2008). Implementing RFID technology in Hospital Environments. In N. Wickramasinghe, & E. Geisler (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems. Hershey, PA. and NY: Information Science Reference, 705–710.

Simco, G. Mitropoulos, F. J., & Farhat, S. (2008). On the Engineering of Survivable Systems. Proceedings of the 9th IASTED International Conference Software Engineering and Applications (SEA 2008), 45–51.

Fuller, N., & Simco, G. (2008). Software and CyberSecurity: Attack Resistant Secure Software Development for Distributed Communication Systems. Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, 599–602.

Li, W. (2008). Using Exploit Similarities for Concise Representation of Attack Scenarios. Proceedings of the ISCA 21th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering (CAINE'08) (pp. 161–166). Cary, NC: International Society for Computers and their Applications.

Tejay, G., and Dhillon, G. (2008). Understanding Perceptions of Information System Security Risk for Organizational Change: A Case Study. Proceedings of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 11.1 Eleventh Annual Working Conference on Information Security Management.

Tejay, G. (2007). Understanding Philosophical Dimensions of Socio-organizational Information Systems Security. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Security Conference.

Li, W. & Vaughn, R. (2007). Efficient Update on Exploitation Graphs for Vulnerability Analysis. Proceedings of the ISCA 20th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering (CAINE'07) (pp. 295–300). Cary, NC: International Society for Computers and their Applications.

Ramim, M., & Levy, Y. (2007). Towards a Framework of Biometrics Exam Authentication in E-learning Environments. Proceeding of the Information Resources Management Association International Conference (IRMA) 2007, 539–543.

Dhillon, G., Tejay, G., and Hong, W. (2007). Identifying Governance Dimensions to Evaluate Information Systems Security in Organizations. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS’07), pp 157b.

Tejay, G. (2006). Identifying Information Systems Security Requirements for Different Organizational Forms: A Transactions Cost Approach. AMCIS 2006 Proceedings, Paper 412.

Lapke, M., Tejay, G., and Weistroffer, R. (2006). Integrating Security in Information Systems Development Approach: A Socio-technical View. Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Security Conference.

Nyshadham, E. and Seagull, A. (2006). "How Risky is that Risk?  Measuring Likelihood of Risks". AMCIS 2006 Proceedings. Paper 410.

Heger, D. Carinhas, P, & Simco G. (2006). GRID Technology - Vision, Architecture, and Node Capacity Considerations. Proceeding of the International Conference for Performance and Capacity Management - CMG2006.

Kane, J., & Simco, G. (2006).  Topology and Power Management Routing for Reliability in Ad-hoc Networks. Proceedings of the ISCA 19th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, 84–89.

Li, W., Vaughn, R., & Dandass, Y. (2006). An Approach to Model Network Exploitations Using Exploitation Graphs. Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 82(8), 523–541.

Li, W. (2006). A Security Engineering Process for Vulnerability Assessment. Proceedings of the ISCA 19th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering (CAINE'06) (pp. 352–357). Cary, NC: International Society for Computers and their Applications.

Li, W. & Vaughn, R. (2006). Cluster Security Research Involving the Modeling of Network Exploitations Using Exploitation Graphs. Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Cluster Security, (p. 26). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.

Ramim, M., & Levy, Y. (2006). Securing E-learning Systems: A Case of Insider Cyber Attacks and Novice IT Management in a Small University. Journal of Cases on Information Technology, 8(4), 24–34.

Li, W. & Vaughn, R. (2006). Modeling and Simulating Network Exploitations Using Simplified Exploitation Graphs. Symposium for Simulation Software Security: Proceedings of the 2006 Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim'06) (pp. 487–494). San Diego, CA: The Society for Modeling and Simulation International.

Li, W. & Vaughn, R. (2006). Modeling and Simulating System Exploitations through Exploitation Graphs for Security Engineering. Proceedings of the 39th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06) (p. 225). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.

Wang Y., Cannady J., and Rosenbluth, J. (2005). Foundations of Computer Forensics: A Technology for the Fight Against Computer Crime. Computer Law & Security Report 21(2), 119–127.

Laszlo, M. & Mukherjee, S. (2005). Minimum Spanning Tree Partitioning Algorithm for Microaggregation. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 17(7),  902–911. 

Heger, D., & Simco, G. (2005).  Quantifying the Cluster Speedup Behavior in the Realm of Internode Communication. Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon 05, 311–318.

Tejay, G., Dhillon, G., and Chin, A.G. (2005). Data Quality Dimensions for Information Systems Security: A Theoretical Exposition. Proceedings of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) WG 11.1 & WG 11.5 Joint Working Conference on Security Management, Integrity, and Internal Control in Information Systems.

Tejay, G., and Dhillon, G. (2005). Developing Measures of Information Security Culture. Proceedings of the Annual Workshop on E-Business.

Tejay, G. (2005). Making Sense of Information Security Standards. AMCIS 2005 Proceedings, Paper 450.

Tejay, G. (2004). Information Security Standards. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Security Conference.

Gonzalez, L., & Cannady, J. (2004).  A Self-Adaptive Negative Selection Approach for Anomaly Detection. Proceedings of the 2004 Congress of Evolutionary Computation

Bates, E. & Hafner, W. (2004). Legal Issues in Honeypots Worldwide.  Proceedings of the 13th Annual European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR): Technical, Legal and Social Aspects of IT Security

Fuhs, J., & Cannady, J. (2004).  An Automated Approach in Reverse Engineering Java Applications Using Petri Nets. Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon 04.

Hansen, S., & Mukherjee, S. (2003). A Polynomial Algorithm for Optimal Univariate Microaggregation. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 15(4), 1043–1044. 

Dass, M., Cannady, J., & Potter, D. (2003).  A Genetic Algorithm-based Intrusion Subclassifier Filter.  Proceedings of the 2003 ACM Southeast Conference.

Cannady, J. & Little, M. (2003).  Representing Battlefield Network Attacks with Conceptual Structures.  Proceedings of the 2003 Army Science Conference.

Dass, M., Cannady, J., & Potter, D. (2003).  LIDS: Learning Intrusion Detection System.  Proceedings of the 2003 Florida Artificial Intelligence Symposium.

Nyshadham, E.  (2003). Security: Perceived Risk, Ambiguity and the Market Mechanism, First Security Conference. ISOneworld.

Cannady, J. (2002). Intrusion Detection – Capabilities and Considerations. Global Infosecurity 2000, World Markets Research Centre. London.

Littman, M. K. (2002). Chapter Network Security, In Building Broadband Networks. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 541–577.

Heger, D., & Simco, G. (2002). The Interrelationship Among Speedup Models and Performance Measurements. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications, 67–72.

Cannady, J. (2001). The Application of Fuzzy ARTMAP in the Detection of Computer Network Attacks. Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks.

Rhodes, B., Mahaffey, J., & Cannady, J. (2000). Multiple Self-Organizing Maps for Intrusion Detection. Proceedings of the 23rd National Information Systems Security Conference.

Cannady, J. (2000). Next Generation Intrusion Detection: Autonomous Reinforcement Learning of Network Attacks. Proceedings of the 23rd National Information Systems Security Conference.

Cannady, J. (2000). Applying CMAC-based On-line Learning to Intrusion Detection. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE/INNS Joint International Conference on Neural Networks.

Duncan, G. T. & Mukherjee, S. (2000). Optimal Disclosure Limitation Strategy in Statistical Databases: Deterring Tracker Attacks through Additive Noise. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 95(451), 720–729.

Nyshadham, E. (2000). Privacy Policy of Air Travel Websites : A Survey and Analysis”, Journal of Air Transport Management, 6, 143–152.

Nyshadham, E. (2000). Consumer Perceptions of Online Transaction Security – A Cognitive Explanation of the Origin of the Perception, Proceedings of the Sixth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS).

Dutta Chowdhury, S., Duncan, G. T., Krishnan, R., Roehrig, S. F., & Mukherjee, S. (1999). Disclosure Detection in Multivariate Categorical Databases: Auditing Confidentiality Protection Through Two New Matrix Operators. Management  Science, 45(12), 1710–1723.

Littman, M. K. (1998). Security in the Telelearning Environment. Cyberproblems and Cyberpolitics. HyperNexus: Journal of Hypermedia and Multimedia Studies, 8(2), 11–18.

Littman, M. K. (1997). Security in the Telelearning Environment. Cyberinvasions and Countermeasures. HyperNexus: Journal of  Hypermedia and Multimedia Studies, 8(1), 12–18.

Littman, M. K. (1996). Guidelines for Network Security in the Learning Environment. Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems, 10(1), 35–40.

Littman, M. K. (1996). Protecting Electronic Data: A Losing Battle? In J. Varlejs, ed., Safeguarding Electronic Information. Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Annual Symposium of the Graduate Alumni and Faculty of the Rutgers School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, 20–33.

Littman, M. K. (1995). Perspectives on Network Security in the School Environment. Tel-Ed 1995 Conference Proceedings: The Fourth International Conference on Telecommunications in Education.

Littman, M. K. (1995). The Perils of Network Security. In M. Williams, ed., Proceedings of the 16th National Online Meeting, 285–294. Medford, NJ: Learned Information, Inc.

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Fast Facts

On April 17, 2008, NSU was re-designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for the academic years 2008-2013 by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). NSU first received this designation in March 2005 covering the period through March 2008.

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