The Center for the Advancement of Secure Systems and Information Assurance (CASSIA)
The Center for the Advancement of Secure Systems and Information Assurance
The Center for the Advancement of Secure Systems and Information Assurance (CASSIA) fosters collaboration and catalyzes research, education, and entrepreneurship in information assurance and cybersecurity.
Advances in the field of cybersecurity and information assurance require conceptualizing, measuring, modeling, and countering a multitude of rapidly evolving threats. Crucial efforts to meet these challenges include investigation of appropriate theoretical frameworks, novel analysis of existing defense mechanisms, technical innovations, development and deployment of commercial solutions, adoption of suitable policies and standards, and education of systems professionals, managers, policy-makers, and the general population.
The Center for the Advancement of Secure Systems and Information Assurance promotes a cohesive undertaking of these endeavors to maximize their effectiveness and impact.
The center is a nexus for:
- Basic and applied research in secure, dependable, and sustainable computing and communications systems
- Exploration of the implications to information assurance and cybersecurity of ubiquitous computing and other visionary scenarios
- Anticipation of cultural evolution resulting from the inception of innovative technologies such as social networking
- Public-private partnerships for threat assessment, response, technology development and deployment; entrepreneurship and transfer of security and IA-related technology to the IT industry
- Education of professionals in security technologies, policy, and commerce
- Education of non-technical users: children, parents, teachers, small-business owners
CASSIA is a Center of Academic Excellence
Since 2003, Stevens Institute of Technology is designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) (formerly Information Assurance Education CAE/IAE). In 2008, Stevens Institute of Technology was one of the first 23 institutions obtaining the designation as National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research (CAE-R).
Today, there are more than 300 schools in 48 states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia holding a designation. In New Jersey, there are currently eight institutions that have obtained a designation, with Stevens Institute of Technology being one of only two institutions with both designations.
Contact Information:
Department of Computer Science
Cybersecurity News & Research Highlights
Stevens Redesignated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense
Stevens Institute of Technology has recently been redesignated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) through the academic year 2027. The National…
Stevens Sets New Record for Research Funding
Stevens has set a new university high-water mark for research funding. During fiscal year 2021, which concluded on June 30, total research awards to Stevens totaled $50.6 million…
It’s a Safe Call: Exploring Modern Technology to Keep Your Smartphone More Secure
Georgios Portokalidis, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stevens Institute of Technology, is using the latest technology to help monitor your smartphone…
Physics Professor Yuping Huang Receives $567,974 ONR Grant
Yuping Huang, associate professor in the Department of Physics and director of the Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (CQSE), recently received a $567,974 grant from…
Computer Science Professor Wendy Wang Received a $499,941 NSF Grant
Wendy Wang, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, recently received a $499,941 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for her project “SaTC: CORE: Small:…
Computer Science Professor Eric Koskinen and Research Scientist Ton-Chanh Le Receive $399,995 National Science Foundation Grant for Dynamic Temporal Analysis
Assistant Professor Eric Koskinen and Research Scientist Ton-Chanh Le, both from the Department of Computer Science, recently received a grant of $399,995 from the National Science…
Computer Science Professor Georgios Portokalidis Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award of $482,419
Georgios Portokalidis Georgios Portokalidis, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, recently received a DARPA Young Faculty Award in the amount of $492,491…
‘Eyes in the Sky’: Stevens Students Receive $25,000 from the DoD for Their Winning DroneHQ Project
You just have to look up to the sky to know that the Drone Age is here. These remarkable soaring robots are already useful for everything from predicting the weather to monitoring…
Stevens Students Win Top Three Spots at the 11th Annual Maritime Risk Symposium Poster Competition
Student groups researching different aspects of resilient infrastructure systems in the maritime domain last summer took the top three spots at the 11th Annual Maritime Risk…
Through Pioneering “Fuzzing” Techniques, Stevens Researcher Makes Clear Progress Against Cyberattacks
Jun Xu, assistant professor of computer science at the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science at Stevens Institute of Technology, spends his days hacking…
Making Tech Trustworthy: Stevens Team Tackles Fair Privacy
Everyone thinks about cybersecurity sometimes—but what if we told you that attacks on private data don’t affect all people the same way? It turns out that, depending on the…
Three Stevens Professors Earn NSF Grant of $699,540 to Investigate Fair Privacy
Principal Investigator (PI) Hui (Wendy) Wang, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science (CS); and Co-PIs Jun Xu, CS assistant professor; and Yu Tao, associate…
Stevens Takes the Lead in Keeping Your Private Data Private
In the digital jungle, data is king—and like crafty hyenas eager to steal a lion’s dinner, cyber criminals are always lurking to obtain data from unsuspecting—and even…
In the Fast-Paced World of Financial Cybersecurity, Why Some Technologists Recommend Taking It Slow
Today’s treasure chest of consumer data may be tomorrow’s Pandora’s box. That was the takeaway from a Stevens Institute of Technology-hosted conference on financial cybersecurity…
Stevens' Prototype 'Quantum Lock' May Foreshadow the Next Super-Secure Applications
A line of onlookers stands before a video camera in Stevens Institute of Technology's S.C. Williams Library, hopeful. Their task: crack a lock that could open, say, a safety…
How Stevens Is Using AI to Spot Falsified Voices
Credit cards can be duplicated. Photos can be altered. Videos can be digitally edited. And now our voices can be copied remarkably closely, too — opening up a huge new potential…
As Equifax and U.S. Government Data Is Hacked, Stevens Trains a New Generation of Cybersecurity Specialists to Strike Back
Major data breaches, hacks and identity thefts have become disturbingly commonplace, with origins both at home and from abroad. The theft of personal data from the U.S. credit-reporting…
Spotting Insider Trading, Financial Fraud, Misconduct: There's An App For That
Insider trading victimizes everyone, and it's on the rise. Now Stevens Institute of Technology is fighting back, partnering with Accenture to develop new artificial intelligence…