Cyber Security and Information Infrastructure Research Workshop As our cyber infrastructure grows ever larger, more complex and more distributed, the systems that compose it, become not only more prone to failures, but more prone to security violations. At the same time, as our cyber infrastructures take more life-critical, mission-critical and infrastructure-critical roles, the stakes of failure-free and violation-free operation grow ever larger. Furthermore, as perpetrators become more sophisticated, it becomes increasingly difficult to build adequate protection defenses. The combination of increased vulnerability, increased stakes, and increased threats make cyber security one of the most important emerging challenges in the evolution of modern cyber infrastructure design and deployment. Though they may play a significant role in an overall strategy, piecemeal solutions to security vulnerabilities are not a match for the magnitude of the challenge at hand. As cyber infrastructure dependents, how do we know we can trust what we see? If we consider the viewpoints of all cyber infrastructure stakeholders then must we maximize the satisfaction of the policy makers, system administrators, resource consumers while anticipating the perpetrators' options? The goal of the workshop is to challenge, establish and debate a far-reaching discussion that broadly and comprehensively outlines a strategy for cyber security that is founded on sound technologies that meet the challenge of cyber security (beyond a Maginot line mentality).
Location: Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN
For more information:
http://www.ioc.ornl.gov/csiirw/