International Cyber Center
Need for New Approaches to Security
-Interdisciplinary
- International
Arun Sood
Professor (Computer Science)
Co-Director, International Cyber Center
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 20124 asood@gmu.edu

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Faculty research
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CERT capacity building in Africa
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Intrusion tolerance
Insider threat
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Smart grid security
Building community of interest
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Workshops on Cyber Security and Global Affairs
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Oxford (09), Zurich (10), Budapest (May 31 – June 2, Budapest)
Breakfast sessions at Mason
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Cloud Security and Compliance
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International Cyber Security

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Computer Emergency Response Team.
Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
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IDS/IPS – Alerts and Warnings.
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Signatures.
Anomaly.
Behavioral.
Incident handling.
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Forensic evidence collection.
Tracking or tracing.
Incident response.
Situational awareness.
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Information sharing.
Remediation.
Vulnerability handling.
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Vulnerability analysis .
Vulnerability response.

International Scope of Cybercrime Top 10
Perpetrators)

Top Ten Countries (Cyber Crime Perpetrators)
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1. United States 66.1%
2. United Kingdom 10.5%
3. Nigeria 7.5%
4. Canada 3.1%
5. China 1.6%
6. South Africa 0.7%
7. Ghana 0.6%
8. Spain 0.6%
9. Italy 0.5%
10. Romania 0.5%

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Cybercrime has international scope
Cyber security has an economic impact
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Credit vs debit cards
Carrier payment constraints
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National reputation
Our solutions are not working
Constraints in Africa are similar to those in small town America and Europe

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Cyber security solutions combine
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Process
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People
Technology
Cloud computing
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Centralized vs Distributed
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Efficient use of skilled manpower
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Policy Implementation

Individual
Servers
Data
Centers
Virtualization
(1 app / server)
Virtualizatio n
(N apps / server)
Cloud
Utilization 10 to 20 %
10 to
20 %
15 to 25% 40 to 45 % 60 + %
Security Highest High Lowest