Computer security rocks!

Schedule

Spring 2009
MWF: 10:00-11:50am CSCI 151: Principles of Computer Science II King 221
MWF: 1:30-2:20pm CSCI 343: Computer and Information Security King 221
Tue: 3:00-4:30pm
Fri: 2:30-4:00pm
or by appointment
Office Hours King 223B

Research

My research is in the field of Information Security. Specifically, I am interested in host-based attack, intrusion, and misuse prevention/detection, as well as the design and construction of audit sources that can supply information for the detection/prevention of the same. I am also interested in computer forensics and the application of machine learning techniques to the analysis of audit information.

I maintain a list of my research publications online.

Current projects include:

Audlib

An interposable library to generate audit information from existing applications.

Building tailored audit sources to supply information directed towards one or more of attack, intrusion, or misuse detection.

Trackle

An integrated system for tracking trouble tickets and the changes needed to resolve them. This system is designed to be used in a training environment where new admins are hired without necessarily being experts, but allow them to learn from past instances of similar problems.

http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/trackle/

SmashGuard

A hardware modification to detect and prevent attacks on saved return address pointers (buffer overflow or "stack smashing" attacks).

SmashGuard Website

Past research projects include:

Education

Past Course Websites

Fall 2008
Spring 2008
Fall 2007
Spring 2007
Fall 2006

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