Panel I: Is there a Security Mindset and Can it be Taught?

Panelists
Ambareen Siraj - Tennessee Technological University
Nigamanth Sridhar - Cleveland State University
John A. “Drew" Hamilton, Jr. - Mississippi State University
Latifur Khan - The University of Texas at Dallas
Siddharth Kaza - Towson University

Moderators
Maanak Gupta - Tennessee Technological University
Sudip Mittal - University of North Carolina Wilmington

Abstract

The field of cybersecurity is becoming very dynamic, and needs continuous evolution. This requires not only the formal and in-formal education, but a security mindset to be developed for our future workforce. This panel elaborates on some such aspects.

Panel II: AI for Security and Security for AI

Panelists
Elisa Bertino - Purdue University
Murat Kantarcioglu - The University of Texas at Dallas
Cuneyt Gurcan Akcora - University of Manitoba, Canada
Sagar Samtani - Indiana University

Moderators
Sudip Mittal - University of North Carolina Wilmington
Maanak Gupta - Tennessee Technological University

Abstract

On one side, the security industry has successfully adopted some AI-based techniques. Use varies from mitigating denial of service attacks, forensics, intrusion detection systems, homeland security, critical infrastructures protection, sensitive information leakage, access control, and malware detection. On the other side, we see the rise of Adversarial AI. Here the core idea is to subvert AI systems for fun and profit. The methods utilized for the production of AI systems are systematically vulnerable to a new class of vulnerabilities. Adversaries are exploiting these vulnerabilities to alter AI system behavior to serve a malicious end goal. This panel discusses some of these aspects.