The Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC) conducts research on cybersecurity, software security, system security, and software engineering problems to enable technology gains. Advances in software engineering are of critical importance not only to the technical capabilities and performance of the software product, but also for the development process of systems such as missile guidance, fire control, radar, satellites, navigation, GPS, sensors, communications, computer-aided medical diagnostics, and robotics. A part of these advances is the element of security, which has been a challenge, with billions of dollars lost every year to security attacks. Making secure and reliable software and systems with limited resources is difficult. Though software has been a problem-solving tool for six decades, there still is no “best” approach for the timely and cost-effective construction of software that is reliably secure. Researchers in security and software engineering face many important issues as they engineer security-critical systems. To survive and prosper, U.S. companies must improve security, enhance the software engineering discipline, improve techniques for building software to drive their businesses, reduce infrastructure and vulnerabilities — including security and privacy breaches — and hire trained security analysts and software engineers. S2ERC has been designed to address these ongoing and increasingly complex needs.
Research Areas
The two primary research directions of S2ERC are security and software engineering. Recent research projects have focused on these issues:
Ad hoc network security.
Attack-tolerant systems.
Big Data analytics.
Cyber-physical systems.
Cyberthreat intelligence sharing.
Data leak prevention.
Dynamic and static analyses.
Embedded systems security.
Functional encryption.
Global software development.
Hardware security.
High-assurance software.
Information protection.
Interactive collaborative environments.
Intrusion detection.
Malware detection.
Migrating software to multicore architecture.
Network forensics.
Physical unclonable function-based mobile authentication.
Requirements capturing.
Security and vulnerability analyses.
Security test beds.
Software analytics.
Software design.
Software feature analysis.
Software metrics.
Software reliability.
Software safety.
Systems security and integrity.
Software testing.
Testing and model checking for concurrent programs.
Trustworthiness in cloud and mobile applications.
Usability issues.
User authentication.
User-interface design.
Visualization and cyber-situational awareness.
Visualization environments.
Voice- and video-over IP.
Wireless security.
Facilities & Resources
Partner Organizations
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S2ERC
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United States
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Region |
Americas
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Primary Language |
English
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Industry engagement required? |
Associated Funding Agencies |
Contact Name |
Wayne Zage
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Contact Title |
Center Director
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Contact E-Mail |
wmzage@bsu.edu
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Website |
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General E-mail |
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Phone |
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Address |
The Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC) conducts research on cybersecurity, software security, system security, and software engineering problems to enable technology gains. Advances in software engineering are of critical importance not only to the technical capabilities and performance of the software product, but also for the development process of systems such as missile guidance, fire control, radar, satellites, navigation, GPS, sensors, communications, computer-aided medical diagnostics, and robotics. A part of these advances is the element of security, which has been a challenge, with billions of dollars lost every year to security attacks. Making secure and reliable software and systems with limited resources is difficult. Though software has been a problem-solving tool for six decades, there still is no “best” approach for the timely and cost-effective construction of software that is reliably secure. Researchers in security and software engineering face many important issues as they engineer security-critical systems. To survive and prosper, U.S. companies must improve security, enhance the software engineering discipline, improve techniques for building software to drive their businesses, reduce infrastructure and vulnerabilities — including security and privacy breaches — and hire trained security analysts and software engineers. S2ERC has been designed to address these ongoing and increasingly complex needs.
Abbreviation |
S2ERC
|
Country |
United States
|
Region |
Americas
|
Primary Language |
English
|
Evidence of Intl Collaboration? |
|
Industry engagement required? |
Associated Funding Agencies |
Contact Name |
Wayne Zage
|
Contact Title |
Center Director
|
Contact E-Mail |
wmzage@bsu.edu
|
Website |
|
General E-mail |
|
Phone |
|
Address |
Research Areas
The two primary research directions of S2ERC are security and software engineering. Recent research projects have focused on these issues:
Ad hoc network security.
Attack-tolerant systems.
Big Data analytics.
Cyber-physical systems.
Cyberthreat intelligence sharing.
Data leak prevention.
Dynamic and static analyses.
Embedded systems security.
Functional encryption.
Global software development.
Hardware security.
High-assurance software.
Information protection.
Interactive collaborative environments.
Intrusion detection.
Malware detection.
Migrating software to multicore architecture.
Network forensics.
Physical unclonable function-based mobile authentication.
Requirements capturing.
Security and vulnerability analyses.
Security test beds.
Software analytics.
Software design.
Software feature analysis.
Software metrics.
Software reliability.
Software safety.
Systems security and integrity.
Software testing.
Testing and model checking for concurrent programs.
Trustworthiness in cloud and mobile applications.
Usability issues.
User authentication.
User-interface design.
Visualization and cyber-situational awareness.
Visualization environments.
Voice- and video-over IP.
Wireless security.