- Location: Houston, TX
- Department: Center for Information Security Research and Education
- Degree Programs: Masters of Science in Information Systems Security; CIS Bachelor of Science Degree Program
- Key Contact: Dr. William A. (Art) Conklin, Director, CISRE
- Email: waconklin@uh.edu
- Direct: 713-743-1556
- Research Areas: Cloud Security; Blockchain; Secure Machine Learning; Organizational and Behavioral Privacy; Malware; Digital Forensics; Software Security; IoT Security
- Utility Work: Entergy; Exelon; ConEd
- Other Work: Intel; IBM; ABB; Department of Defense
- Wikipedia link: University of Houston-Wikipedia
- Website: University of Houston
- Protect Our Power Best Practice Focus: Network Segmentation
Program Overview:
Cybersecurity programs at the University of Houston ranked near the top in a new ranking of the nation’s best cybersecurity schools.
The UH College of Technology offers a Bachelor of Science degree in computer information systems with technical electives in security, and a Master of Science in information system security through its Department of Information and Logistics Technology. Undergraduate and graduate degrees offered by the Department of Computer Science in the UHCollege of Natural Sciences and Mathematics also cover security issues, and a number of faculty are engaged in cybersecurity-related research.
UH was ranked No. 13 among Best Cybersecurity Colleges by CyberDegrees.org, which launched in 2013 and offers a comprehensive guide to cybersecurity education and careers for students and professionals.
“Cybercrime is more prevalent than ever as hackers find new ways to make money off of stolen information,” said Arthur Conklin, associate professor of Information and Logistics Technology and director of the Center for Information Security Research and Education. “Not every cyberattack can be prevented, so the focus has to be on creating systems that can recover quickly after a breach.”
More than 1,000 companies sell cybersecurity products to electric utilities in the U.S. and Canada. This project is designed to organize and evaluate these vendors, and their products and services, to make it easier for utility companies to make informed decisions on products that meet their specific cybersecurity needs.
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Protect Our Power has identified more than 80 topics related to Best Practices for Cybersecurity Solutions. For each topic, we will provide a short overview, a list of the vendors who provide products or solutions that address that topic, and a link to the university or universities evaluating those vendor offerings.
Universities, colleges and research labs are conducting valuable research on vendor product offerings and solutions that address a broad range of cybersecurity issues and challenges. The results of these analyses are published here and will be updated as new information becomes available.
More than 1,000 suppliers and vendors provide hardware and software solutions to the utility industry to address cybersecurity issues and threats. Those vendors are listed here, grouped according to the cybersecurity topic that their product offerings address.