EMERGING CHALLENGES IN CYBER SECURITYNasir Memon, New York University (NY and Abu Dhabi)

EMERGING CHALLENGE INTERNET OF THINGS

Kevin Ashton coined "Internet of Things" phrase to describe a system where the Internet is connected to the physical world via ubiquitous sensors

HOW UBIQUITOUS? Gartner: “IoT Installed Base Will Grow to 26 Billion Units By 2020.” That number might be too low.

Every mobile Every auto

Every door Every room

Every sensor in every device …

in every bed, chair or bracelet ... in every home, office, building or hospital room … in every city and village ... on Earth ...

Every part, on every parts list

KEY CHALLENGESFOR AN OPEN INTERNET OF THINGS

Lightweight protocols for devices to work together, communicate

Unique and extensible identifiers for all those billions of devices

Demand for API access and interoperability

Cybersecurity

Privacy and Policy

EVOLVING NATURE OF CYBER THREATS

WHAT DO YOU DO?

SECURITY IS A TEAM SPORT

CRISSP – NYU ABU DHABI VISION

Help create a world class cyber security research center by partnering with key local universities, industry and govt agencies.

A trusted “go-to” place for the region.

CRISSP: CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN SECURITY AND PRIVACY – New York

MISSION OF CRISSP ABU DHABI

Help build education and research capacity and be a catalyst for high impact research programs in cyber security

Help in developing workforce in cyber security Aggressively engage with the broader

community and become a valuable source of expertise and thought leadership for government and industry

Accomplish the above objectives by creating a mutually beneficial partnership model for all

participants

CRISSP TEAM A growing team of researchers and faculty all located

in Abu Dhabi Principal Investigators – Nasir Memon and Ramesh Karri Center Researchers – Taha Sencar, Napa Sae-Ba, Subidh

Ali, Payas Gupta, Venkatesh Siddi, Samet Taspinar, Fatih Haltas, Erkam Uzun, Sristi Gupta

Past Members – Sevinc Bayram, Emir Dirik, Ahmet Karakucuk, Pratik Narang, Nitesh Chaudry

Affiliated Faculty – Mustaque Ahamad, Ozgur Sinanoglu, Michail Maniatakos, Jay Chen, Azza Abouzied

More than a dozen in New York Justin Cappos, Anindiya Ghose, Katherine Isbister Ramesh

Karri, Phyllis Frankl, Helen Neissenbaum, Keith Ross, Rae Zimmerman

Relationships with other universities (Georgia Tech, Columbia etc.) and numerous companies.

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