{"67893":{"#nid":"67893","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IBM ISS and GTISC Partner to Advance Telecom Security","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E(July 20, 2007) - IBM Internet Security Systems (IBM ISS) and the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (\u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/www.gtisc.gatech.edu\u0026quot;\u0022\u003EGTISC\u003C\/a\u003E) have officially expanded their existing collaboration into the field of IP Multimedia  Subsystems (IMS) with a year-long contract to explore the security of IMS architecture beginning July 1, 2007. IMS is the next-generation standard in telecommunications network architecture, enabling a leap forward for voice, video, data, and multimedia applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IBM ISS contract is the formal agreement between IBM ISS and GTISC to conduct research into the security of the IMS infrastructure, and will be carried out through sponsored research at the Georgia Tech IMS Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;This project is important for GTISC because it extends our purview further into new territory, making  GTISC one of the few security research groups that is doing not only traditional network and system  security research, but also applying advanced technical knowledge to this \u0027new media\u0027 arena.\u0026quot; said \u003Ca title=\u0022\u0026quot;Mike\u0022 href=\u0022\u0026quot;resolveuid\/77146b838bf56a4ce0c9bd7f5bbf2edb\u0026quot;\u0022\u003EMichael Hunter\u003C\/a\u003E, a GTISC research scientist who will be actively managing the effort.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca title=\u0022\u0026quot;Mustaque\u0022 href=\u0022\u0026quot;resolveuid\/0630339a10afaea7fd192d8d0d787e47\u0026quot;\u0022\u003EMustaque Ahamad\u003C\/a\u003E is the primary investigator and will oversee the project. \u003Ca title=\u0022\u0026quot;Russell\u0022 href=\u0022\u0026quot;resolveuid\/dd7099d3b26d7c2190b228782d9ee6cc\u0026quot;\u0022\u003ERuss Clark\u003C\/a\u003E, principle  researcher of the IMS lab, will contribute as an IMS infrastructure expert, and Frank Park, Ph.D. candidate, will be a lead researcher along with another graduate student to be named.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChris Rouland, CTO of IBM ISS and IBM Distinguished Engineer and Peter Tosto, Director of Product Development at IBM ISS will represent IBM ISS\u0027s interests.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IMS lab is operated by the Georgia Tech Mobilesphere under a partnership with the Georgia  Electronic Design Center (GEDC). The lab includes a fully operational IMS core and numerous enabling services such as Presence, Push-To-Talk Over Cellular and various media gateways. The lab is connected to both the GT campus WiFi network and the AT\u0026amp;T cellular network, and brings the students and faculty of Georgia Tech an opportunity to gain early, first-hand access to the latest telecommunications application architecture. The lab is already supporting several research efforts including a \u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/forgedbyims-research-competition.com\/\u0026quot;\u0022\u003EStudent Research Competition\u003C\/a\u003E. where students compete for prizes  while creating new mobile applications. Two new courses were created to leverage the lab for students  and bring new telecommunications technology into the curriculum.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIBM Internet Security Systems (IBM ISS) and the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) have officially expanded their existing collaboration into the field of IP Multimedia  Subsystems (IMS) with a year-long contract. IMS is the next-generation standard in telecommunications network architecture, enabling a leap forward for voice, video, data, and multimedia applications.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2011-06-20 17:12:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:04","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-07-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-07-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}