The UAB Center for Cyber Security (the Center) is the locus on campus for interdisciplinary research bringing together computer scientists, forensic scientists, and social scientists, along with researchers and faculty from business, engineering, and health professions to solve problems. The Center’s core areas include information assurance, information intelligence and analytics, and forensic science — digital and physical.
Established in 2011-2012, we are professors, researchers, students, and professional partners across many disciplines all devoted to one mission — solving enduring and new problems and making our increasingly interconnected world a safer place. Our strengths are built on the multifaceted expertise of our members including cybersecurity and computer crime investigation; intelligence analytics; geospatial imaging; “big data” analytics, high speed computing, and machine learning; drug chemistry/DNA analytics; health informatics; social network analytics; and regulatory compliance. Across these areas, the Center pursues both basic R&D as well as applied research to identify and solve problems facing business, industry, and government in a fast-paced, interconnected world.
Though still in our infancy, we have seen great success and learned, in working with both internal and external partners, about the challenges and opportunities ahead. With this knowledge and core competency at the heart of the Center, we will continue our pursuit of excellence.
Our Mission
The mission of the Center is to create and promulgate innovative solutions to emerging and enduring threats to business, industry, and government using state-of-the-art research and advanced development activities undertaken by Center personnel. The foundation of the Center includes business and government relations, education, training, and scholarship that support its core areas. Those areas then generate outcomes including new intellectual property, workforce development, and economic development.
Our Vision
The Center is committed to becoming a premier, world-class research center. We look to foresee and tackle today’s vulnerabilities in information assurance, information intelligence/analytics, and forensics and provide innovative, tangible solutions to ensure a more secure, productive world.
Impact
The continued partnership among academia, government, and the private sector will foster novel research and developments in the cyber community. As a premier academic center for cyber research and forensic science, UAB has an opportunity to continue to develop and expand its boundaries to impact not only the local community, but to be a vehicle for advancement among industry.
The CUAB Center for Cyber Security is truly a unique program. With passionate members committed to enriching the student experience and contributing to results for a greater good, the Center looks to thrive in its pursuits and success and maintain its tradition of excellence.
Students
Protecting the world from the threats of tomorrow begins today. That’s why we’re always looking for the next generation of young men and women to join in the work of the Center.
While you can earn a certificate in computer forensics with us, the Center is not a class. It’s a working learning experience, offered through individual departments and labs, that can prepare you to make a difference — and make a living — by making the world a safer place. We work with students from a variety of degrees, disciplines and educational levels, many of whom have been recruited directly from the Center by companies like Google, eBay, Facebook, and more.
