Colorado State University Site Addition: I/UCRC Center for Configuration Analytics and Automation

NSF IUCRC配置分析和自动化中心(CCAA)致力于解决与信息技术(IT)系统的安全性、安全性和弹性相关的研究问题。科罗拉多州立大学(CSU)的PI致力于跨多个部门的应用程序的网络安全和弹性，包括医疗保健、能源安全、交通安全和物联网。作为对现有CCAA中心IT安全专业知识的共生补充，目前的中心将进一步加强IT和网络物理系统的安全性、安全性和弹性，从而加强国家的关键基础设施。该中心计划的研究项目有望带来巨大的社会效益，并可能吸引少数族裔学生，特别是女性学生。此外，这项研究的一些资金将用于外展活动，接触包括K12在内的所有级别的学生，并努力增加少数族裔学生对STEM科目的参与。该项目还将鼓励少数族裔企业参与该中心。北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校(UNCC)和乔治梅森大学(GMU)于2013年5月在NSF I/UCRC计划的支持下共同建立了多所大学的配置分析和自动化中心(CCAA)，以帮助商业和政府部门提高企业IT系统、云基础设施和网络物理系统的安全性和弹性。该中心正在开发配置分析和自动化方法和工具，以提供IT服务和基础设施的安全性、安全性和可生存性。科罗拉多州立大学(CSU)的PI一直专注于能源部门、卫生部门、交通部门、物联网(IoT)和下一代互联网基础设施中与保护和管理复杂IT系统相关的问题。人们的共识是，IT安全面临的挑战很多，这些努力往往是不协调和零碎的，物联网的曙光和攻击者日益复杂的程度正在使情况变得更糟，而人类互动正在带来额外的复杂性。现在比以往任何时候都更需要目标应用程序领域中的配置分析和自动化来设计有效的解决方案。科罗拉多州立大学(CSU)与CCAA的研究人员和合作伙伴合作，建立了CCAA的CSU站点，以促进进一步的协同活动，以满足其中许多领域的共同需求，包括石油和天然气工厂、雷达网和物联网的安全和弹性。几个行业已经承诺成为CCAA的CSU站点的成员，CCAA团队相信，在重点领域的这种联合努力将使国家在网络防御和弹性方面更加强大。

The NSF IUCRC Center for Configuration Analytics and Automation (CCAA) addresses research issues related to the security, safety, and resiliency of information technology (IT) systems. The PIs at Colorado State University (CSU) are engaged in cyber-security and resiliency of applications spanning multiple sectors, including health care, energy security, transportation security, and Internet of Things. Complementing the IT security expertise of the existing CCAA Centers symbiotically, the current center will further strengthen the safety, security, and resiliency of IT and cyber physical systems thereby strengthening the nation's critical infrastructure. The planned research projects of the Center promise significant societal benefits and is likely to attract minority students, specially women. In addition, some funds from this research will be used for outreach initiatives, reaching out to students at all levels including K12, and trying to increase the participation of minority students in STEM subjects. The project will also encourage the participation of minority-owned businesses in the Center.The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) and George Mason University (GMU) jointly established the multi-university Center for Configuration Analytics and Automation (CCAA) under the aegis of the NSF I/UCRC Program in May 2013 to help commercial and government sectors improve security and resiliency of enterprise IT systems, cloud infrastructure, and cyber physical systems. Configuration analytics and automation methodology and tools are being developed by the center so as to provide safety, security, and survivability of IT services and infrastructures. The PIs at Colorado State University (CSU) have been focusing on problems related to securing and managing complex IT systems in the energy sector, health sector, transportation sector, the Internet of Things (IoT) and the next generation Internet infrastructure. The consensus is that challenges to IT security are many, the efforts are more often than not uncoordinated and piecemeal, the dawn of Internet of Things and increased sophistication of attackers are making it worse, and human interactions are bringing in an additional layer of complexity. Configuration analytics and automation in targeted application domains are more needed now than ever before to design effective solutions. Colorado State University (CSU) has teamed up with researchers and partners of the CCAA and established the CSU site of CCAA, to foster further synergistic activities that address the common need in many of these areas including security and resiliency of oil and natural gas plants, radar networks and IoT networks. Several industries have committed membership to the CSU site of CCAA and the CCAA team believes that such joint efforts in focused areas will make the nation even stronger in cyber defense and resiliency.