Doctoral students Isabelle Fagnot and Shuyuan Mary Ho shared their perspectives on information security issues and challenges on a panel Friday morning that explored possible areas for future iSchool research.
Ho discussed the use of confidentiality and use of language to protect security. She also suggested the possibility in which researchers create an environment to lure hackers into an information "honeypot" and then track their behaviors in this environment. By gathering this data, researchers might be able to better predict hackers' modes of attacks. With this knowledge, researchers could then develop more secure systems.
Professor Kevin DeSouza from the University of Washington's iSchool said there are lots of opportunities for iSchools to research in information security and assurance. "We have an edge to do more than other professional fields in explanatory and predictive models," he said.
Ho discussed the use of confidentiality and use of language to protect security. She also suggested the possibility in which researchers create an environment to lure hackers into an information "honeypot" and then track their behaviors in this environment. By gathering this data, researchers might be able to better predict hackers' modes of attacks. With this knowledge, researchers could then develop more secure systems.
Professor Kevin DeSouza from the University of Washington's iSchool said there are lots of opportunities for iSchools to research in information security and assurance. "We have an edge to do more than other professional fields in explanatory and predictive models," he said.
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