The Information Trust Institute (ITI) was founded in 2004 as an interdisciplinary unit designed to approach information security research from a systems perspective. It examines information security by looking at what makes machines, applications, and users trustworthy. Its mission is to create computer systems, software, and networks that society can depend on to be trustworthy, meaning secure, dependable (reliable and available), correct, safe, private, and survivable.
Participants ITI is an academic/industry partnership focusing on application areas such as electric power, financial systems, defense, and homeland security. It brings together over 100 researchers representing numerous colleges and units at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Major centers within ITI ITI is hosted at the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Other participants are based at: Boeing Trusted Software Center CAESAR: the Center for Autonomous Engineering Systems and Robotics the Center for Information Forensics Center for Health Information Privacy and Security the NSA Center for Information Assurance Education and Research TCIPG: the Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid Center Trusted Illiac, a hardware software cluster.
Staff Tim Yardley was ITI's associate director of technology.
Funding Funding of the institute is both from government agencies and corporations. It both receives and gives out grants.
References
Federal Researchers Simulate Power Grid Cyberattack, Find Holes in Response Plan 11 Schools with the Best Cybersecurity Degrees in the World
Le jour où des hackers pirateront le réseau électrique Profile of a professor: Dr. Jane Blanken-Webb, Education
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