TWC: TTP Option: Frontier: Collaborative: MACS: A Modular Approach to Cloud Security

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Award Number: 1414119

PI: Ran Canetti

Co-Is/Co-PIs: George Kollios, Orran Krieger, Sharon Goldberg, Azer Bestavros

The goal of the Modular Approach to Cloud Security (MACS) project is to develop methods for building information systems with meaningful multi-layered security guarantees. The modular approach of MACS focuses on systems that are built from smaller and separable functional components, where the security of each component is asserted individually, and where the security of the system as a whole can be derived from the security of its components. The project concentrates on building outsourced, cloud-based information services with client-centric security guarantees.

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The project involves a significant outreach component with a number of goals. One goal is to introduce technology professionals to cybersecurity and its central role for our society and economy. Another goal is to introduce K-12 students to cybersecurity, and through it to computer science in general. The program targets students from both under-represented minorities and students with exceptional academic potential.

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