McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security

Frank Cilluffo
Frank Cilluffo
Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security

 

The McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security
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Dedicated to protecting America's Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure

 

The McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security
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DOE Grant in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Faculty Experts in Cyber Security
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Senior Fellows

About the Center

Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security seeks practical solutions to real-world problems, underpinned by research and scholarship. Founded in 2015 through a generous donation from the Alabama Power Foundation in honor of its retiring CEO and Auburn alumnus, Charles D. McCrary, the Institute fuses theory with practice and policy with technology to protect and advance U.S. interests in the areas of cyber and critical infrastructure security.

A non-partisan think tank and research facility, the McCrary Institute utilizes a leading group of public- and private-sector cyber experts to provide unique end-to-end cyber capabilities, ranging from research and development and cybersecurity education and training to policy-relevant analysis and future technology research.

The Institute’s vision is to serve the nation by acting as a catalyst for enhancing cyber and critical infrastructure security and by striving to be the most respected and sought-after single-expert source on these issues for government agencies, private companies, educators, and the media.

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  • Strategic expertise includes radio frequency and electronic warfare; artificial intelligence and machine learning; operational technology and cyber-physical security; vulnerability assessments and penetration testing; and threat intelligence, open-source intelligence, and data analytics.

  • Identifies the most pressing cyber and critical infrastructure security challenges, informs decision-makers, and collaborates with them to help shape strategies and outcomes that support and advance U.S. national and economic security.

  • Partnered with the U.S. Secret Service’s National Computer Forensics Institute to detect digital counterfeit components, develop a network incident response framework, and create a malware reverse engineering curriculum.

  • Partnered with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and industry to create the nation’s first regional cybersecurity operations center focused on protecting the electric grid—the Southeast Cybersecurity Collaboration Center—which tests, evaluates, and validates cybersecurity technologies and protocols to safeguard electrical and operational technologies.