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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...
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Homeland Security acting secretary discusses focus on economic security and COVID-19 during virtual event hosted by Auburn University
Auburn University partners with U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission for live virtual event
Auburn researcher moderates panel on using AI for cybersecurity
Auburn Engineering professors shaping future of AI in Alabama through work on state commission
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
Cybersecurity at the Capitol
Frank Cilluffo, the director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure, talks to FOX 5 about cybersecurity ahead of the inauguration. View Article
SolarWinds: What It Means & What’s Next
A widespread sophisticated cyberespionage campaign targeting multiple U.S. government agencies and private companies begs many questions including: what happened – how and why – and what’s next?...
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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US and partners must meet China’s authoritarian challenge in 5G
The deployment of advanced technologies is the newest battlefield between open societies and authoritarian regimes. This applies to technological...
McCrary Institute Director’s Interview with 74 & West – Part 1
In our two-part interview with Mr. Cilluffo, he paints a vivid portrait of the cybersecurity threats that the country and private sector are...
What’s wrong with Huawei, and why are countries banning the Chinese telecommunications firm?
The Chinese telecommunications company Huawei is under scrutiny around the globe over concerns that its close ties with the Chinese government...
The Impacts of State-Owned Enterprises on Public Transit and Freight Rail Sectors
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...
The Global Positioning System Resets
Every 19 years, the Global Positioning System resets a measure of time built into its program. The latest rollover is Saturday and NPR's Scott...
Former commander of US Cyber Command, Defense Intelligence Agency director to lead McCrary Institute Advisory Board
The McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security at Auburn University today announced members of its advisory board,...