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Author:

Luo, Bo

Title:

XML ACCESS CONTROL IN NATIVE AND RDBMS-SUPPORTED XML DATABASES

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

XML
Information Security
Access Control

File:

Download Luo-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Peng Liu, Committee Member
Wang Chien Lee, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Fengjun

Title:

SECURE AND PRIVACY-PRESERVING DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION BROKERING

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

information sharing
privacy
XML
anonymous communications

File:

Download etd-fli.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chao Hsien Chu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dongwon Lee, Committee Member
Guohong Cao, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Hai

Title:

MODELING AND EVALUATING THE SURVIVABILITY OF AN INTRUSION TOLERANT DATABASE SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Intrusion Tolerance
Survivability
Database Security

File:

Download Thesis_HaiWang07.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Dongwon Lee, Committee Member
Akhil Kumar, Committee Member

Author:

Bai, Kun

Title:

Damage Management in Database Management Systems

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Security
Data Damage
Database
Integrity

File:

Download kun_bai_final_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chao Hsien Chu, Committee Member
Thomas La Porta, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Lunquan

Title:

ENTERPRISE WORM: SIMULATION, DETECTION, AND OPTIMAL CONTAINMENT

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

computer worm
testbed
simulation
optimal containment
dark port

File:

Download thesis_li.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chao Hsien Chu, Committee Member
Prasenjit Mitra, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Committee Member

Author:

Gu, Qijun

Title:

A STUDY OF SELECTED SECURITY ISSUES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

key management
denial of service
ad hoc network
wireless network
security
broadcast service

File:

Download thesisfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Hsien Chu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Tracy Mullen, Committee Member
Guohong Cao, Committee Member

Author:

Giacobe, Nicklaus A

Title:

Measuring the Effectiveness of Visual Analytics and Data Fusion Techniques on Situation Awareness in Cyber-security

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

situation awareness
cyber-security
simulation
data fusion
visualization
visual analytics

File:

Download Giacobe_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David J Hall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael David Mcneese, Committee Member
Peng Liu, Committee Member
Mark Edward Ballora, Committee Member

Author:

Cole, Robert James

Title:

Multi-step Attack Detection via Bayesian Modeling Under Model Parameter Uncertainty

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

intrusion detection
IDS
uncertainty
Bayesian modeling
security

File:

Download ColeThesisCorrected2.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Benjamin Gill, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Special Member

Author:

Huang, Shu

Title:

Mining User-generated Contents on the Web and Social Networks

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

data mining
social network
information retrieval

File:

Download ShuHuang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Member
Heng Xu, Committee Member
Jack C Hayya, Committee Member

Author:

Dai, Jun

Title:

Gaining Big Picture Awareness in Enterprise Cyber Security Defense

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

cyber security defense
enterprise network diagnosis
situation awareness
big picture
zero-day attack path
service dependency

File:

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Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Yen, Committee Member
Heng Xu, Committee Member
Wang Chien Lee, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Bin

Title:

Identifying Private Data Leakage Threats in Web Browsers

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Browse extensions
dynamic analysis
system calls
private browsing mode
privacy breaches
Android applications

File:

Download Bin_Zhao_Dissertation_Aug_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Carleen Frances Maitland, Special Member

Author:

Wang, Jun

Title:

Protecting Server Programs and Systems: Privilege Separation, Attack Surface Reduction, And Risk Assessment

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Security and Protection
Privilege Separation
Attack Surface Reduction
Risk Assessment

File:

Download JunWang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Committee Member

Author:

Sun, Xiaoyan

Title:

Using Bayesian Networks for Enterprise Network Security Analysis

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Cloud Security
Bayesian Network
Situation Awareness
System Call
Zero-day Attack
Enterprise network security

File:

Download Xiaoyan_Sun-dissertation-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Yen, Committee Member
Dinghao Wu, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Outside Member

Author:

Zhong, Chen

Title:

A COGNITIVE PROCESS TRACING APPROACH TO CYBERSECURITY DATA TRIAGE OPERATIONS AUTOMATION

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Cyber Situational Awareness
Cybersecurity Data Triage
Cognitive Process Tracing
Operation Analysis
Cyber Operation Automation
Intelligent System

File:

Download Penn_State_University_Thesis__3_.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Yen, Committee Member
John Millar Carroll, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Outside Member
Robert Erbacher, Special Member

Author:

Ming, Jiang

Title:

Pipelined Symbolic Taint Analysis

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

taint analysis
pipelining taint analysis
offline symbolic taint analysis
multi-core architectures

File:

Download JiangMing-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dinghao Wu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dinghao Wu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peng Liu, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Mingyi

Title:

Discovering and Mitigating Software Vulnerabilities Through Large-scale Collaboration

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

software vulnerability
bug bounty
memory corruption
software diversity
crowdsourcing

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jens Grossklags, Committee Member
Xinyu Xing, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member

Author:

Pu, Yu

Title:

Towards Models of the Economic Value of Interdependent Privacy in Social App Adoption Scenarios

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Third-party Social Apps
App Data Collection Context
Interdependent Privacy
Value of Privacy
Conjoint Analysis
Structural Equation Modeling
Online Survey Study
Sharing Anonymity

File:

Download main.pdf

Committee Members:

Jens Grossklags, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jens Grossklags, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Peng Liu, Committee Member
S. Sundar Shyam, Outside Member

Author:

Jiang, Yufei

Title:

Program Analysis Based Bloatware Mitigation and Software Customization

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Bloatware
Program Analysis
Feature Creep
Software Customization
Bytecode
Android

File:

Download YufeiJiang-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dinghao Wu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dinghao Wu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peng Liu, Committee Member
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Outside Member

Author:

Luo, Lannan

Title:

TOWARDS ENHANCING ANDROID APPLICATION AND SYSTEM SECURITY

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Symbolic execution
Concolic execution
Vulnerability discovery
Exploit generation
Android Framewor
Code obfuscation
Android apps
Android app repackaging
Tamper-proofing
Obfuscation

File:

Download Lannan-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anna Squicciarini, Committee Member
Xingyu Xing, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member

Author:

Xu, Jun

Title:

BATTLING CYBER ATTACKS WITH SOFTWARE CRASH DIAGNOSIS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Software security
Software crash diagnosis
Software vulnerability

File:

Download jun_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Xinyu Xing, Committee Member
Trent Ray Jaeger, Outside Member