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Cyber & National Security

Protecting cyber and national security

Cyberattacks, including ransomware, are increasing in number and sophistication, placing the need to continually advance efforts to protect our nation and its citizens at the forefront. IU is helping state and local government agencies, not-for-profit organizations and small businesses better manage cyberattacks, protect intellectual property, improve privacy and prepare future cybersecurity experts.

In today’s complex world, research partnerships are crucial to protecting America, both its many citizens and the nation itself. IU continues to build these partnerships with various divisions of the U.S. Department of Defense, such as Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, located in Southern Indiana.

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Cybersecurity research by the numbers:

1stof its kind IU Cybersecurity Clinic that improves local and state cyber hygiene and trains the next generation of cybersecurity leaders

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540 NSF science projects have improved cybersecurity through Trusted CI, the IU-led NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence

Hear IUPUI student Croix Gyurek share how a summer-long National Science Foundation event at IUPUI focused on enhancing undergraduate experiences in mobile cloud and data security is helping grow his skills and prepare him for the future. Led by Feng Li, chair of the department of computer interaction and graphics technology, students from across the country are receiving hands-on experience in this growing field of study.

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[Audio: Upbeat piano music comes in quickly. Video: Undergraduate student Croix Gyurek speaking off camera, video of a young woman typing on laptop in slow-motion]

The way that our technology is moved, you know, we've kind of been democratizing things,

[Video: two students seen at a desk each working on a laptop, collaborating]

making it a lot easier for people to use technology.

[Video: Croix Gyurek seen on screen speaking, lower third animates in CROIX GYUREK UNDERGRADUATE, IUPUI SCHOOL OF SCIENCE]

But that also means that it's a lot easier for bad actors and attackers to,

[Video: Croix typing close up on his laptop in slow-motion, wide shot of Croix sitting at a desk in a classroom as other students walk by]

you know, cause harm and disruption. I'm Croix. I am double majoring in mathematics and computer science.

[Video: Croix back on camera in close up]

I've just always been fascinated by

[Video: bandwidth data seen on screen monitoring the wifi router students are working on]

math and computers and wanting to put the two together.

[Video: Professor Feng Li standing at a computer desk with the IUPUI logo in front of his classroom]

So cybersecurity is an area that has lots of demand right now.

[Video: Feng Li lecturing his class in slow motion with projector screen showing data behind him]

We kind of overlook the cybersecurity for a long, long time. So we need to build

[Video: Feng Li back on camera in close up]

the cybersecurity workforce. We need to bridge the gap that we currently have.

[Video: lower third comes on screen FENG LI PROFESSOR IUPUI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY]

My name is Feng Li. I'm the chair and the professor in the computer information and graphics technology department.

[Video: Students seen from behind flipping through event directions while seated next to laptops and router]

The students working on a capture the flag event.

[Video: Wifi router seen on screen, white with two black antenna on the back sitting on a desk at the front of the classroom]

They were working on common Wi-Fi penetration testing.

[Video: close up of the wifi penetration documents that students are following, a print out with lots of screen shots and instructions]

This kind of hands on activity definitely can

[Video: another student seen working at a laptop with the command center on screen and dragging windows and entering data]

attract their interest in the cybersecurity area.

[Video: Feng Li in front of his classroom speaking in slow motion, gesturing with his right hand]

So the idea of this site is to recruit more student into graduate studies in the cybersecurity area.

[Video: Croix and other students seen sitting and working at laptops in Feng Li’s classroom]

We live in a technology age and we need to be building more technology literacy

[Video: Croix back on camera in a medium shot in front of windows]

and it needs to stop. You know, it needs to not be something that only the people up in the ivory towers, you know, know about.

[Video: two young women seen working at laptops completing the wifi password hacking]

What we hope is we can outreach to more audience

[Video: slow panning shot that shows the entire classroom with Croix and other students working at desks in teams of two]

in the cybersecurity for field.

We hope IUPUI can become a hub of cybersecurity, education and research.

[Video: Feng Li back on camera in close up sitting in a classroom]

We have the location advantage we are close to the state government. We are close to many of the industry

[Video: Feng Li seen standing in front of his students, giving instruction on how to complete the wifi password hacking, students are working quickly around him]

in great need of cybersecurity talent.

[Video: Croix seen on camera sitting next to a fellow student, he slides his chair over and they work on a laptop together]

We're kind of severely lacking in people

[Video: laptop seen on screen, a slow push in on the open system data seen on the computer]

that are willing to go hard on defenses.

[Video: Croix flipping through hacking instructions at his laptop while another student is seen in the background]

I don't know. I guess I'm just

[Video: Feng Li, Croix and another student seen together working on the project, Feng is pointing at the screen helping the students while Croix is listening]

trying to become the best

version of myself. Is the goal.

[Video: Feng Li is at front of classroom, we see him over Croix’s shoulder as he listens at his laptop, other students can be seen listening and working as well]

You know, by the time I'm done with this,

[Video: Croix is back on camera in a close up sitting by windows]

I'll have what it takes to fulfill the next stage of my life.

[Video: IU logo on screen fades in along with INDIANA UNIVERISTY RESEARCH, after a moment RESEARCH.IMPACT.IU.EDU comes on screen at the bottom. Audio: Music slows resolves and fades out]