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Research Groups

Information Security

The NRC Institute for Information Technology’s Information Security (IS) Group is located in Ottawa and focuses on research associated with information security for distributed systems.

Current Projects
	CISSN
	E-learning Infrastructure for Mobile Virtual University
	E-Manufacturing: Methodology and Framework for Collaborative Virtual Manufacturing
	PISA

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, IS Group researchers from varied backgrounds address research issues in the following broad areas:

Network and application security
Confidentiality and privacy enhancing technologies
Security Intelligence

Within these areas, the group is currently pursuing research under the following specific topics:

Agent-based security approaches for activity monitoring
Network protocol development for private communication
Trustable human computer interaction and the human factors of security systems
Scalability of security technologies
Enterprise IT architectures for security and privacy that include:
- privacy legislation compliance,
- semi-automated policy negotiation, and
- community-based policy development
- detection and resolution of policy conflicts

The IS Group frequently works with Canadian partners, including other Federal government departments such as the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), as well as companies and universities. The group has had success in several formal research projects with collaborators elsewhere in Canada, as well as in Europe and Asia.

Additional Information

Research Contact

Larry Korba
Group Leader
Information Security
NRC Institute for Information Technology
1200 Montreal Road
Building M-50, Room 286A
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6
Telephone: +1 (613) 998-3967
Fax: +1 (613) 952-7151
E-mail: Larry.Korba@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Business Contact

Dr. George Forester
Business Development Officer
Business Development Office, NCR
NRC Institute for Information Technology
1200 Montreal Road
Building M-50, Room 203
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6
Telephone: +1 (613) 993-3478
Fax: +1 (613) 952-0074
E-mail: George.Forester@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca