About the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)For more than seventy-seven years, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has built a reputation as one of the world’s premier applied research and development organizations. Each day, GTRI’s science and engineering expertise is used to solve some of the toughest problems facing government and industry across the nation and around the globe.  A non-profit research institute, GTRI teams with its customers to attack their problems with passion and objectivity. In 2011, GTRI was awarded more than $205 million in sponsored research contracts from government and industry.GTRI’s nearly 1,600 expert scientists, engineers and other professionals spend each day turning ideas into action. Much of GTRI’s research takes place within eight uniquely focused research laboratories.  Among them is the Cyber Technology and Information Security Laboratory (CTISL) which conducts applied research focused on secure information systems, network vulnerability and mission assurance within the cyber domain. GTRI and Georgia Tech’s academic units have complementary missions and work together to solve real-world problems. As an integral part of Georgia Tech, GTRI opens the door to the vast intellectual resources of one of America’s leading research universities. http://www.gtri.gatech.edu