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Information Trust Institute

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Information Trust Institute (ITI)
Established2004
Field of research
Information Security
DirectorDavid M. Nicol
LocationUrbana, Illinois
AffiliationsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
WebsiteOfficial website

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.[1] 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

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ITI[2] is an academic/industry partnership[1] 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

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ITI is hosted at University of Illinois's Urbana campus.[3][4]

Other participants are based at:

  • Boeing Trusted Software Center[5]
  • 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.[6][7]

Staff

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Former Wall Street Journal reporter Adam Janofsky is IIT's associate director of technology.[8]

Funding

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Funding of the institute is both from government agencies[9] and corporations.[5] It both receives and gives out grants.

References

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  1. ^ a b ITI research
  2. ^ Larry Greenmeier (June 13, 2011). "The Fog of Cyberwar: What Are the Rules of Engagement?". Scientific American. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  3. ^ "Why Cyber Attacks Are So Difficult to Trace Back to Hackers". Scientific American. June 11, 2011.
  4. ^ "Indian-American-recognized-for-developing-method-to-locate-power-grid-attackers". The Times of India. November 20, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Boeing's new Information Trust Institute with UIUC, January 10, 2005
  6. ^ RK Iyer (2006). "Application-Aware Reliability and Security: The Trusted Illiac". IEEE. doi:10.1109/NCA.2006.15.
  7. ^ "University of Illinois' Trusted ILLIAC".
  8. ^ "Adam Yanofsky". The Wall Street Journal.
  9. ^ Information Trust Institute Wins $1.25 Million, September 24, 2008
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