Information Trust Institute Explained

Information Trust Institute (ITI)
Established:	2004
Research Field:	Information Security
Director:	David M. Nicol
City:	Urbana, Illinois
Affiliations:	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

The Information Trust Institute (ITI) was founded in 2004 as an interdisciplinary unit designed to approach information security research from a systems perspective. It examines information security by looking at what makes machines, applications, and users trustworthy. Its mission is to create computer systems, software, and networks that society can depend on to be trustworthy, meaning secure, dependable (reliable and available), correct, safe, private, and survivable.

Participants

ITI^[1] is an academic/industry partnership focusing on application areas such as electric power, financial systems, defense, and homeland security. It brings together over 100 researchers representing numerous colleges and units at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

Major centers within ITI

ITI is hosted at University of Illinois's Urbana campus.^{[2] [3]}

Other participants are based at:

• Boeing Trusted Software Center
• CAESAR: the Center for Autonomous Engineering Systems and Robotics
• the Center for Information Forensics
• Center for Health Information Privacy and Security
• the NSA Center for Information Assurance Education and Research
• TCIPG: the Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid Center
• Trusted Illiac, a hardware.aoftware cluster.^{[4] [5]}

Staff

Former Wall Street Journal reporter Adam Janofsky is IIT's associate director of technology.^[6]

Funding

Funding of the institute is both from government agencies and corporations. It both receives and gives out grants.

References

• Federal Researchers Simulate Power Grid Cyberattack, Find Holes in Response Plan
• 11 Schools with the Best Cybersecurity Degrees in the World
• Le jour où des hackers pirateront le réseau électrique
• Profile of a professor: Dr. Jane Blanken-Webb, Education

Notes and References

1. Scientific American. The Fog of Cyberwar: What Are the Rules of Engagement?. Larry Greenmeier. June 13, 2011 . July 24, 2024.
2. Scientific American. Why Cyber Attacks Are So Difficult to Trace Back to Hackers. June 11, 2011.
3. News: The Times of India. Indian-American-recognized-for-developing-method-to-locate-power-grid-attackers. November 20, 2017 . July 25, 2024.
4. Web site: Application-Aware Reliability and Security: The Trusted Illiac . . RK Iyer . 2006. 10.1109/NCA.2006.15 .
5. Web site: University of Illinois' Trusted ILLIAC.
6. News: The Wall Street Journal. Adam Yanofsky.