- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Department: Institute for Information Security & Privacy
- Direct: 404-385-3800
- Degree Programs: Masters of Science in Cybersecurity; Computer Science, Online M.S. C.S., Ph.D. Computer Science, Ph.D. Electrical & Computer Engineering, Ph.D. Fellowship, CyberCorps Scholarship for Service, Professional Education
- Key Contacts:
- Dr. Wenke Lee
- Email: wenke.lee@gmail.com
- Direct: 404-385-2879
- Dr. Michael Farrell
- Email: mfarrell@ece.gatech.edu
- Dr. Wenke Lee
- Research Areas: Attribution, Consumer-facing Privacy, Cyber Physical Systems, Privacy Policy, Risk, Trust
- Utility Work: Southern Company
- Wikipedia link: Georgia Tech-Wikipedia
- Website: Georgia Tech
Program Overview:
A secure internet and its applications are now essential to almost every aspect of our daily lives. Yet connected technology has opened the door for criminals and foreign governments to launch cyberattacks with increasing scale and impact.
Today, America’s national defense, economic prosperity, and individual freedoms depend upon cybersecurity.
As the storm of demand for cybersecurity solutions and talent grows, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers, faculty members, and students are tackling cybersecurity from multiple angles.
Black, White, and Nuances of Grey
In the realm of cybersecurity, white hats are good-guy defenders and black hats are the adversaries. But it takes both to really put grey matter to work in solving one of the most vexing challenges of our time.
Few universities can approach cybersecurity with the same breadth and depth as Georgia Tech. Few have the cooperation of top-tier academic researchers, plus 500 cybersecurity engineers inside a multimillion-dollar research division that is the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), and a deep history of supporting classified military, government, and law enforcement operations.
Under this unique combination of resources and skill, Georgia Tech is creating the next wave of cybersecurity solutions. Tech’s grey hat hackers study how malicious black hats operate and adapt in order to help the white hats prepare for the next attack.
Seven units and 12 labs across Georgia Tech and GTRI are engaged in cybersecurity. With coordination by the Institute for Information Security & Privacy (IISP), faculty and students across a range of disciplines can connect to tackle new facets of the cybersecurity problem.
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.
Explore
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.