Cyber Security Initiative

The Dartmouth Cyber Security Initiative (CSI) is an ongoing collaboration between faculty, students, and staff within:

• Dartmouth Computing Services
• Department of Computer Science
• Thayer School of Engineering
• The Institute for Security, Technology, and Society (ISTS)

Projects

The CSI is focused on projects aimed at improving the security of the College's information systems. By coordinating research interests with practical concerns, the initiative has resulted in a number of innovative tools and procedures currently in use on production systems.

Goals

Ongoing goals of the initiative include:

• Assess vulnerabilities of the infrastructure, desktops, and applications.
• Make recommendations for improving the security of Dartmouth's assets.
• Develop applications and procedures to improve the operational security of the College's information systems.
• Train people to use more secure ways of accessing and transferring data, and to recognize security holes.

Conference

Every year the CSI holds a conference on information security and how it affects college campuses. For more information, see Securing the eCampus. 

To Join

If you are a Dartmouth faculty or student who is interested in participating in this group, please send e-mail to technology-security-working-group@mac.dartmouth.edu.

History of the CSI can be found at:

• The Dartmouth Cyber Security initiative (IEEE, November/December 09, PDF document)

Information regarding the work of this team can be found at:

• Dartmouth College IT Security Assessment - 2007 (PDF document, authentication required).