E MERGING C HALLENGES IN CYBER SECURITY Nasir Memon, New York University (NY and Abu Dhabi)

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Kevin Ashton coined

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phrase to describe a system where the Internet is connected to the physical world via ubiquitous sensors

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? Gartner: “IoT Installed Base Will Grow to 26 Billion Units By 2020.”

That number might be too low.

  Every mobile Every auto   Every door Every room  Every part, on every parts list  Every sensor in every device … in every bed, chair or bracelet ... in every home, office, building or hospital room … in every city and village ... on Earth ...

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Lightweight protocols for devices to work together, communicate Unique and extensible identifiers for all those billions of devices Demand for API access and interoperability Cybersecurity Privacy and Policy

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ABU DHABI

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ISION   Help create a world class cyber security research center by partnering with key local universities, industry and govt agencies.

A trusted “go-to” place for the region.

CRISSP: CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN SECURITY AND PRIVACY – New York

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ISSION OF CRISSP ABU DHABI    Help build education and research capacity and be a catalyst for high impact research programs in cyber security Help in developing workforce in cyber security Aggressively engage with the broader community and become a valuable source of expertise and thought leadership for government and industry

Accomplish the above objectives by creating a mutually beneficial partnership model for all participants

CRISSP TEAM

   A growing team of researchers and faculty all located in Abu Dhabi     Principal Investigators – Center Researchers – Nasir Memon and Ramesh Karri Taha Sencar, Napa Sae-Ba, Subidh Ali, Payas Gupta, Venkatesh Siddi, Samet Taspinar, Fatih Haltas, Erkam Uzun, Sristi Gupta Past Members – Sevinc Bayram, Emir Dirik, Ahmet Karakucuk, Pratik Narang, Nitesh Chaudry Affiliated Faculty – Mustaque Ahamad, Ozgur Sinanoglu, Michail Maniatakos, Jay Chen, Azza Abouzied More than a dozen in New York  Justin Cappos, Anindiya Ghose, Katherine Isbister Ramesh Karri, Phyllis Frankl, Helen Neissenbaum, Keith Ross, Rae Zimmerman Relationships with other universities (Georgia Tech, Columbia etc.) and numerous companies.

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