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Cybersecurity at NAU<\/h1>\n

Summary<\/h2>\n

The focus in cybersecurity at NAU is a multidisciplinary effort and is a part of the department of Applied Physics and Material Science as well as the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS) within the College of Engineering Informatics, and Applied Sciences. Approximately $10M in research funds were secured from NAU, Arizona Board of Regent, the National Science Foundation, the US Army, the Navy, and Industry. About 24 students are involved in the cybersecurity team, including 16 PhD students. In the last four years, the team published 39 papers and 49 invention disclosures. Three graduate classes are offered: INF638, \u201cElements of Cryptography\u201d;\u00a0 INF639, \u201cThe Use of Nanotechnologies for Cybersecurity\u201d; PHY599,”Quantum and Post Quantum Cryptography” .<\/p>\n\n

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  • Michael Gowanlock
    \nDr. Gowanlock’s research interests include applying high performance and parallel computing to cybersecurity problems, such as response-based cryptography to secure IoT devices, and optimizing post-quantum cryptography algorithms to exploit emerging parallel architectures.<\/li>\n
  • Bahattin Yildiz
    \nAssociate Professor Department of Mathematics and Statistics<\/li>\n
  • Tuy Nguyen
    \nCryptography, Homomorphic Encryption, Hardware Security, System-on-Chip Design<\/li>\n
  • Truong Nghiem
    \nCyber-Physical Systems (CPS), machine learning and control, autonomous systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    56<\/h4>\n \n\nPublished Papers\n\n<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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    Research\u00a0Programs<\/h2>\n

    The areas of research at NAU in cybersecurity include the use of nanotechnologies to offer higher levels of cybersecurity and novel cryptographic protocols based on ternary computing: public key infrastructures, digital signatures for blockchains, post quantum cryptographic schemes, quantum key distribution, use of high performance computing (HPC), password managers, and keyless encrypting devices.\u00a0The active research programs are:<\/p>\n

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    • Research programs funded by the Army Research Lab (ARL): \u201cMethods to encrypt and authenticate digital files in distributed networks and zero-trust environments \u201d<\/li>\n
    • Research effort funded by\u00a0CipherLoc: \u201cUse of Physically Unclonable Functions\u00a0(PUFs)\u00a0for Polymorphic Cryptography\u201c<\/li>\n
    • Research effort funded by BRIDG:\u00a0\u201cDevelopment of Low Power Memristors\u201d<\/li>\n
    • Research effort funded by NSF\u2019s:\u00a0\u201cPower Effective Error Correcting Methods for ReRAM-based PUFs\u201d<\/li>\n
    • From 2016 to 2019,\u00a0a multi-university grant\u00a0(NAU-ASU-UA)\u00a0\u00a0funded\u00a0by Arizona Board of Regents:\u00a0\u201cNanotechnologies for Cybersecurity\u201d<\/li>\n
    • Leveraging the\u00a0start up\u00a0funds approved by the President of the university from 2016 to 2020,\u00a0other\u00a0active\u00a0areas\u00a0of\u00a0research\u00a0include: \u201cNoise Induced Cryptography with High\u00a0Performance Computing\u201d,\u00a0\u201cSecuring Digital Signature for Blockchain Technologies\u201d, and \u201cThe Use of Ternary Computing for Quantum Key Distribution, Polymorphic Encryption\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      A major project was approved by both the US Air Force and the Navy ($5.4M) to fund the following projects from 2019 to 2022:<\/p>\n

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      • \u201cUnequally Powered Cryptography with High Performance Computing\u201d<\/li>\n
      • \u201cHash-based Cryptography\u00a0with PUFs”<\/li>\n
      • \u201cSecuring Quantum Key Distribution\u201d<\/li>\n
      • \u201cKeyless Encrypting Devices with Memristors\u201d<\/li>\n
      • \u201cTernary Addressable Public Key Infrastructures\u201d<\/li>\n
      • \u201cArchitectures for Computing Diversity\u201d<\/li>\n
      • \u201cRadiation Effects on Memristor-based PUFs\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Securing Blockchain<\/h2>\n