Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research - Queen's University Belfast

随着互联网的发展，网络和数据安全的主要问题也在发展。敏感信息的安全保护日益成为一项重大挑战。具有增加的带宽和服务多样性的移动的和无线通信的普遍使用也产生了具有挑战性的安全漏洞和要求。个人在社会中的安全是一个重大问题，从在公共场所袭击公民到恐怖袭击。商业部门、机场等的安全已经看到越来越复杂的访问控制的部署，例如使用生物识别、入侵检测和闭路电视。在这里，信息安全和人员安全技术的集成是必要的，以使这成为现实，例如，传感器的集成，通过安全通信与新的用户界面，如先进的面部识别连接。所有这些重要的应用都需要重大创新，涵盖技术专长的许多方面，并需要采用综合方法来满足新出现的和未来的要求。CSIT已经被国际公认为在许多关键领域进行最先进的研究。这些包括：数据安全系统-使用加密技术，RFID，PDA等的低功耗密码系统和数字内容的水印。网络安全系统-保护网络和网络基础设施免受病毒和入侵的攻击。这将研究新的硬件架构，以允许高达100 Gb/s的速度-足以满足未来十年及以后的互联网需求。无线安全系统-开发一系列宽频带的新型传感器技术，例如健康监测、身体佩戴天线、蜂窝无线电前端和毫米波成像器，例如用于爆炸物检测。智能监控系统/开发用于自动事件检测的视频分析算法，研究中心的一个主要工作，是透过一支由商业及业务发展人员组成的专责队伍，把研究成果商品化。这包括分拆、许可、知识转让伙伴关系和合同研究等机制。

As the internet evolves, so too do the major issues of network and data security. The secure protection of sensitive information, is increasingly a major challenge. The pervasive use of mobile and wireless communication with increased bandwidth and service diversity is also creating challenging security loopholes and requirements. The security of individuals within society is a major issue ranging from assault of citizens in public areas, to terrorist attacks. Security in the commercial sector, airports etc has seen the deployment of increasingly sophisticated access control for example using biometrics, intrusion detection and CCTV. Here the integration of information security and people security technology is necessary to make this a reality e.g. the integration of sensors, connected through secure communications with novel user interfaces such as advanced face recognition. All of these important applications require major innovations, covering many aspects of technological expertise and demand an integrated approach to meet emerging and future requirements. CSIT is already internationally recognized as performing state-of-the-art research in a number of key areas. These include: Data Security Systems - Use of encryption technology, low power cryptosystems for RFID, PDAs etc. and watermarking of digital content. Network Security Systems - Protection of the network and network infrastructure against attack from viruses and intrusions. This will investigate novel hardware architectures to allow speeds of up to 100Gb/s - sufficient to meet the demand of the internet well into the next decade and beyond. Wireless Enabled Security Systems - Development of a range of novel sensor technologies over a wide frequency band e.g. health monitoring, body worn antennas, cellular radio front ends and millimetre wave imagers for e.g. explosive detection.Intelligent Surveillance Systems / development of video analytic algorithms for automated event detection, profiling objects and development of data mining tools for analysis of annotated data.A key aspect of the Centre is the commercialisation of the research through a dedicated team of commercial and business development staff. this includes mechanisms such as spin outs, licensing, knowledge transfer partnerships and contract research.