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Institute for Security, Technology, and Society
Dartmouth College
6211 Sudikoff Laboratory
Hanover, NH 03755 USA
info.ists@dartmouth.edu

Our Mission

The Institute for Security, Technology, and Society (ISTS) at Dartmouth College is dedicated to pursuing research and education to advance information security and privacy throughout society. ISTS engages in interdisciplinary research, education and outreach programs that focus on information technology (IT) and its role in society, particularly the impact of IT in security and privacy broadly conceived. ISTS nurtures leaders and scholars, educates students and the community, and collaborates with its partners to develop and deploy IT, and to better understand how IT relates to socio-economic forces, cultural values and political influences.

ecampus 2009

Securing the eCampus 2009: Building a Culture of Information Security in an Academic Institution

July 27-28, 2009

Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire

This year will mark our 3rd Annual Securing the eCampus conference. For the past two years, CIOs, CISOs, and other academic IT leaders have met in Hanover, N.H., to discuss how information systems security has become a significant campus-wide concern and an institution-wide responsibility. Join us this year for an exciting conference program that will feature discussions on the latest trends from the perspectives of: social (attacker motivation), technical (changing nature of attacks), operational/strategic (metrics), and regulatory (FTC Rules, FERPA, Higher Ed Reauthorization, etc.) as well as an overview of the way current students interact with technology and how it affects higher education.

Click here for the conference website.

Computer Science Graduate Student Sara "Scout" Sinclair has been named a 2009 Google Anita Borg Scholar
The $10,000 scholarship for women studying computer science is awarded annually on the basis of academic strength and demonstrated leadership. Sinclair, a member of the PKI/Trust Lab, focuses on the intersection of human organizations and secure systems. Sinclair will join other Google scholarship recipients in June at the 2009 Google Scholars Retreat in Mountain View, Calif.

scout sinclair
Sara "Scout" Sinclair
(Photo by Joseph Mehling '69)

Ryan Speers '11 and Loren Sands-Ramshaw '10 have been awarded Information Assurance Scholarships (IAS) by the Department of Defense (DOD)
The scholarships fully fund study in cyber-security-related fields at National Centers of Academic Excellence (CAEs), as designated by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. Scholarship recipients must work for the DoD for a period of time following graduation. The Institute for Security, Technology, and Society manages the IAS program at Dartmouth.

IAS award
Loren Sands-Ramshaw '10, Department of Defense Representative to the DoD IASP Richard George '70, and Ryan Speers '11.
(Photo by Joseph Mehling '69)