CyLab

Distinguished Seminar: This is why we can’t have nice things with Michael Bailey

September 24, 2018

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

CIC, Panther Hollow Room

Michael Bailey
Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

This event is part of the CyLab Distinguished Seminar Series.

Abstract

When asked about the state of computer security, nationally recognized computer scientist, entrepreneur, public servant and higher education leader Farnam Jahanian is quoted as saying “We don’t do the easy stuff well, and the hard stuff is getting harder.” Nowhere can this adage be better applied than in the emerging field of Internet of Things (IoT). An unprecedented integration of sensing, computation, storage, communication, and control into physical systems has given rise to the IoT. However, a lack of technical maturity, and more subtly, designs based on incorrect models and assumptions, have given rise to a variety of threats to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of IoT devices. In this talk, I will highlight instances where empirical measurements of IoT systems have shed light on immaturity and faulty assumptions of IoT systems, ranging from the banal “easy stuff” to novel “hard stuff.” In doing so, I hope to not only motivate improvements to the state of IoT security, but also to better prepare systems designers for the next transformative technological innovations.

Bio

Michael BaileyMichael Bailey is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on the performance and security of complex distributed systems. He is the author of 70+ scholarly publications, including numerous publications at highly competitive conferences (e.g., IEEE Security and Privacy, USENIX Security, ACM SIGCOMM, and the ISOC Symposium on Network and Distributed System Security). Prior to his appointment at the University of Illinois, he was a Research Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Division of the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. While in that position, Dr. Bailey was awarded the College of Engineering Kenneth M. Reese Outstanding Research Scientist Award in 2011 and the University of Michigan Research Faculty Recognition Award in 2012. He was elevated to senior member of IEEE in 2009 and to senior member of ACM in 2013. His industry experience includes employment at Amoco Corporation, Andersen Consulting, and three startup companies, including a role as the Director of Engineering at Arbor Networks. At Arbor, Dr. Bailey managed a team of over 30 engineers whose software protected 70% of the entire Internet’s transit traffic against DDoS attacks.

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