: Center for Information Assurance

: Information Assurance Certificate Program

: Air Force Cyber Command

Sponsored by:

Center for Information Assurance
College of Business
Louisiana Tech University
Bus #128
P. O. Box 10318
Ruston, LA 71272
Phone: 318.257.3514
Fax: 318.257.4253 (shared)

The Center for Information Assurance is an interdisciplinary, collaborative, research center between Computer Information Systems in the Department of Management and Information Systems and the School of Accountancy in the College of Business.

Mission

The Center's mission is to foster, support, and conduct research in information assurance and related areas in business for Northwest Louisiana and the United states. In particular, research will focus on furthering knowledge in all three layers of the National Security Agency's Defense in depth which includes people, technology, and operations for the public sector, and the United States Military. A major focus in this research will be business continuity, disaster recovery, accounting controls, auditing, computer forensics, and security attribution. The College is actively seeking certification as a National Security Agency Center of Excellence.

The center is pursuing research support through grants from the National Security Agency, National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DOD), Law Enforcement Agencies, and all branches of the military.

The Center for Information Assurance supports the Northwest Louisiana area by conducting research for the US Air Force Cyber Command at Barksdale AFB, the Accounting Profession, and in the Computer Information Systems area.

Research

The central focus areas for research are:

• Business Continuity
• Disaster Recovery
• Accounting Controls
• Auditing
• Security Attribution
• Information Security & Policy
• Computer Forensics
• Knowledge Management

The Center for Information Assurance has already begun conducting research projects. Examples of the types of projects that the center is pursuing are listed below.

• Deception detection
• On-line self-disclosure
• Security policies and computer abuse
• Knowledge management in virtual communities
  

The Faculty

• Dr. Tom Roberts
  Director of the Center for Information Assurance;
  Clifford Ray King Endowed Professor,
  Professor of Computer Information Systems
  
  
• Dr. James Courtney
  McCallister/ Humana Eminent Scholar Chair in
  Information Systems
  Professor of Computer Information Systems
  
  
• Dr. Christy Fuller
  Assistant Professor of Information Systems

Contact Information >>

Director

Dr. Tom Roberts
Bus #128
318.257.3514
Academic Vita
troberts@latech.edu