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Security and Privacy

Every day the Internet connects more of the world. Consider the facts:

• People are more reliant than ever on the Internet for aspects of their business and personal lives.
• Technologies open novel ways for interacting and doing business over the Internet.
• Application domains such as electronic business have been experiencing explosive growth.
• Such applications lead to the gathering, storage and exchange of sensitive personal and business information.

These facts necessarily lead to further considerations:

• How can the confidentiality of information exchange and the privacy of individuals and businesses be assured?
• How trustworthy are new technologies such as mobile agents?
• How can the security of the underpinning technologies for new network applications be improved?
• How can sensitive information be protected?

In response to these issues, the NRC Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT) research program in Security and Privacy focuses on addressing the challenges associated with network security and privacy for distributed systems.

Research projects focus more specifically on:

• network and application security
• privacy enhancing technologies
• trust in digital communities
• secure agent deployment
• computer supported collaborative work
• privacy for e-business applications
• security aspects of wireless and wired electronic commerce

Current Projects

• Canadian Information Security Support Network (CISSN)
• E-learning Infrastructure for Mobile Virtual University
• E-Manufacturing: Methodology and Framework for Collaborative Virtual Manufacturing
• Privacy Incorporated Software Agent (PISA)

For additional information, please communicate with the Research Contact listed below or see the Information Security Group page.

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