Computer Security Laboratory

With 6 full-time faculty members and 57 graduate students, the Computer Security Laboratory (CSL) is definitely an important research structure in the field of IT security. The 6 CSL faculty members are leading research activities in several areas of information systems security. To name just a few:

• Trusted free and open source software
• Cyber forensics
• Intrusion detection
• Secure communication
• Security and privacy
• Database security
• Cryptography
• Network security
• Information hiding
• Software protection
• Data mining and security

IT security is a strategic research and education theme for the Engineering and Computer Science Faculty of Concordia University. This is exemplified by the hiring of 7 full-time faculty members, with expertise in IT security, and the creation of two specialized Master programs:

• Master of Applied Science in Information Systems Security (thesis version).
• Master of Engineering in Information Systems Security (course version).

As of today, we have around 150+ graduate students enrolled into these 2 IT security programs. This is an important pool of motivated and highly qualified graduate students that supports the Computer Security Laboratory of Concordia University. At the University level, IT security has been identified as one of the 15 research clusters of Concordia University (click on this link for a complete story or visit the following site).

Professors:

1. Dr. Assi, Chadi
2. Dr. Debbabi, Mourad
3. Dr. Fung, Benjamin
4. Dr. Youssef, Amr
5. Dr. Wang, Lingyu
6. Dr. Zhu, Bo

Funding Agencies and Corporations

We dedicate close to 1 million dollar per year to IT security research. We are funded by the following agencies and corporations:

• National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT)
• Canadian National Defense
• Bell Canada
• Ericsson Canada
• Alcatel Canada
• DMR Fujitsu
• PROMTP Québéc

Laboratory Location:

The laboratory is located at:

Computer Security Laboratory (CSL)
Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE),
1515 St. Catherine Street West,
EV Building, EV-7-627
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 2W1, Canada.