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McCrary Institute leads in cybersecurity innovation, collaboration
In the digital age, where cybersecurity threats loom large over contemporary life, the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure...
U.S. cyber chief offers ransomware guidance during Auburn talk
Cyber criminals are ramping up ransomware attacks as part of a growing threat to U.S. companies and organizations, the nation’s top cybersecurity official said Monday during a virtual talk hosted by...
Rep. John Katko discusses cyber, homeland security in McCrary Institute virtual event
The evolving landscape of cyber infrastructure and homeland security took center stage Tuesday as Auburn University’s McCrary Institute hosted Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y. and ranking member of the U.S....
Cyber diplomacy: Time to up our game
2020 was a year of reckonings whose implications continue to unfold and spark calls for urgent remedial action. Cyber domain was no exception. The SolarWinds hack has prompted serious soul-searching...
IT Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
Sounding the alarm about just how vulnerable our IT infrastructure has become. View Article
Featured Faculty
Dr. Dozier is the Charles D. McCrary Eminent Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering and director of the Artificial Intelligence & Identity Research Lab. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, cyber identity, neural networks and facial recognition.
Gerry Dozier
Charles D. McCrary Eminent Chair Professor, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
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Auburn University College of Engineering Artificial Intelligence
US is running out of time to prepare for a Russian cyber attack / Fox News
What comes next is anyone's guess, and the window for our cyber readiness is closing fast. Why hasn’t cyber figured more prominently...
Backbone is everything, don’t be owned by your infrastructure: Lessons from Ukraine for America
Soviet Russia was the source of Ukraine’s infrastructure. If Taiwan were to fall to China, is the U.S. subject to the same fate? From that...
Expert’s View: COVID-19, the Food Supply, and Cybersecurity: Coalescing Concerns
COVID-19 dramatically disrupted the food supply, but we must be prepared to tackle new kinds of disruptions in the future. Learn about the...
Featured Expert
Jeanette Manfra is the Global Director for Security and Compliance within the Google Cloud Office of the CISO. Jeanette is focusing on helping customers, particularly those in regulated industries, build and maintain the highest levels of security and trust into their technical infrastructure and services.
Jeanette Manfra
Global Director of Security & Compliance Google Cloud
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McCrary Institute Director’s Part Two Interview with 74&West
In our two-part interview with Mr. Cilluffo, he paints a vivid portrait of the cybersecurity threats that the country and private sector are...
The Forward Leaning CIO
In the 1990s, trade publications portrayed “enterprise security” as the strategy an organization puts in place to protect information systems...
Cybersecurity Challenges for State and Local Governments: Assessing How the Federal Government Can Help
Frank Cilluffo, director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, testified before a...
Cybersecurity Challenges for State and Local Governments: Assessing How the Federal Government Can Help
Below is a link to an archive copy of this article in PDF format. We are in the process of converting our PDF documents into web pages. If you...
Study: Cybersecurity prioritized over physical security by today’s CEOs
Given the myriad cyber threats facing organizations today from criminals, nation-states and hacktivists, it should come as little surprise that...
More utilities share a foxhole on cyber front
"I've seen a sea change in terms of willingness to share, a recognition of the significance of information-sharing, and that's in large part...