Promoting Research and Application
of
Information Assurance and Cybersecurity
6th Annual Security Summit
May 20, 2009
Mark Weatherford, Chief Information Security Officer, State of
California
Stephanie Dietrich, Manager of Industry Partnerships, CallT2,
University of California, San Diego
Murray Jennex, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Information and Decision
Systems, SDSU
Gordon Romney, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science and Information
Technology, National University
Cyber Security Research
and Education at SDSU
Murray E. Jennex, Ph.D., P.E., CISSP, CSSLP
San Diego State University
6th Annual The Security Summit
Who Am I?
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Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate University
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20 years experience in commercial nuclear power
Professional Engineer, Mechanical Engineering, California
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional
Former Navy Nuclear Power Officer
Editor in Chief, International Journal of Knowledge Management
Co-editor in Chief, International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response
and Management
Risk Assessment Principle Investigator, National Center for Border Security and
Immigration
Author of over 100 articles, papers, books
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MBA, MS in Software Engineering, MS in Telecommunications Management, BA in Chemistry and
Physics
“Cases in Knowledge Management” 2005
“Knowledge Management in Modern Organizations” 2007
“Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Volumes I-VI,” 2008
“Current Issues in Knowledge Management,” 2008.
“Knowledge Management, Organizational Memory and Transfer Behavior: Global Approaches and
Advancements,” 2009
Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology San Diego State University
Security is Part of Several Programs
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Masters of IS
Masters in Accounting Information Systems
MBA
Masters in Homeland Security
Masters of CS
IS and CS under graduates have the opportunity
to take graduate level security courses
IS Courses Supporting Security
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IDS755, Information Security Management
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IDS695, Systems Analysis and Design I
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Covers process analysis
Analyzes Systems for security requirements
IDS697, Systems Analysis and Design II
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Covers how to setup a security program
Can’t tell the difference between hackers, terrorists, or
warfare
Covers systems design
Covers secure programming and system security design
IDS687, Data Communications
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Network security
Future IS Security Curricula
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Planning on a management specialty in IS
Would add 2 more specific IS Security
Courses:
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IS Security Technologies
IS Security Operations
These would be used with the previous
courses
Additionally looking at adding a
undergraduate security course
HS Security Curricula
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Has a specialty in Information Security using
the IS courses
Also has courses in:
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Vulnerability and Threat Assessment
Intelligence and Homeland Security
Internet Mapping and Distributed GIServices
Facilities/Partnerships/Issues
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Visualization Laboratory
Part of the DHS National Center for Border
Security Issues
Several grants/partnerships with
government and industry partners
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They can work with us and of course own what is
produced
No real budget (given the budget situation
not likely to have any soon)
Need more expertise
Cyber Security Research
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Graduate students working with faculty
Some grant support, mostly in the HS Program
Some areas of research:
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Risk Monitor
Facial Recognition/Biometrics
Critical Infrastructure
Threat assessment
Security Architecture Design and Evaluation
Data Fusion for Intelligence
Crisis Response
Identity Theft/Management
Physical security
What We Would Do/Like
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Willing to work on grant proposals with
interested partners
Willing to partner with anyone who can bring
something to the table (we have the
students wanting to work)
In particular looking for Border Security
technologies/partners