Email:waa@cs.umd.edu - PGP Key
Office: 4137A.V. Williams Bldg.; Phone: (301) 405-2774; Fax: (301) 405-6707

Current Position: Assistant Professor, CS, and UMIACS, Univ. of Maryland at College Park. 

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Current Course: Computer and Network Security
 
William A. Arbaugh
Research Interests:
My research interests are primarily in Information Systems Security and privacy. Specifically, I'm interested in the use of embedded systems to provide security for conventional information systems as well as the role of security and privacy in future technologies. I'm also interested in the role of security management with respect to identifying approaches to improve the current state of the practice in the secure management of Information Technology infrastructures. 

Academic Degrees:

 Research Projects
All of the projects, below, utilize the facilities and equipment of the newly formed Maryland Information System Security Lab (MISSL). MISSL provides an environment and the resources to perform both security research and education. 
  1. Komoku: Komoku uses embedded processor boards as independent auditors, or Oracles. Such an auditor can detect security violations at the host and network level in near real time, and immediately respond to those violations based on policy. 
  1. SEBOS: SEBOS is a continuation of my PhD dissertation with several additions such as cryptographic hardware, etc.  SEBOS is currently being ported into the LinuxBIOS project as a compile time option.
  1. Vulnerability Research: I am currently working with the CERT/CC  in reviewing historical incident data to learn from past mistakes, and identify new areas for research to improve the current state of security management in practice.
  1. Wireless research: We are just beginning a wireless research effort and have examined the security mechanisms contained in the IEEE 802.11 wireless standard.  We've found several problems with the 802.11 standard from the access control mechanisms to the cryptographic system currently used (WEP), and a proposed improvement (WEP2). Additionally, we are researching several elements of ad hoc network security.
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Past Courses:  
Spring '02 Advanced Topics in Computer Systems: Wireless Network Security
Fall '01 Computer and Network Security
Spring '01 Computer and Network Security
Fall '00 Advanced Topics in Computer Systems: Advanced Computer and Network Security


Postal Address: William A. Arbaugh
Computer Science Department
A.V. Williams Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742 

(301) 405-2774


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