ABOUT

iCAST, The International Collaboration for Advancing Security Technology, was established in the 1^st quarter of 2006 to start a three year international collaboration project of research and development in the area of Information Security. This mission-oriented project was granted by the National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan to strengthen information and communication security within all Taiwan’s academic, government, and private sectors. The iCAST team consists of members from Taiwan Information Security Center (TWISC), Institute for Information Industry (III), Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and National Defense University of Taiwan. Based on the agreements signed on June 12, 2006, iCAST members began collaborating efforts with members of Carnegie Mellon University and University of California, Berkeley on 11 projects in the 1^st year and 12 projects in the 2^nd year. The 1^st year and 2^nd year projects were completed on June 30, 2007 and July 31, 2008, respectively. Their results were presented at the annual iCASTconferences. Currently, we are in the 3^rd year collaboration program which covers the period from August 1, 2008 to July 31, 2009.

ORGANIZATION

RESEARCH

iCAST Phase I R&D thrusts are divided into three categories: (1) Pervasive Security and Privacy Assurance, (2) Wireless and Sensor Network Security, and (3) Intrusion Detection and Risk Management. Their specific areas include: Program/Software Security Evaluation Systems; High Security Remote Authentication; Privacy-preserving Information Systems; Security on Wireless Sensor Networks, Mobile Network, RFID Applications, Wireless City, Pervasive Devices, and Surveillance Networks; IDS, SOC, and Network Security and Forensics.

iCAST 3^rd year Projects

iCAST 2^nd year Projects

iCAST 1^st  year Projects

STRATEGY AND MISSIONS

The iCAST strategy is to establish a platform through closely knitted international collaboration for advancing information security technologies in Taiwan. Our missions are to:

1.         Nurture Taiwan's top talents in information security

2.         Build R&D capacity in information security core technology and help strengthen Taiwan’s information security industry.

3.         Enhance Taiwan's influence on global information security technology

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