The
Syracuse Information Security Evaluation (SISE) Project, in
partnership with the CASE Center and the Systems Assurance Institute (SAI),
conducted the CNY Secure Business Initiative (funded by NYSTAR) between April and August of 2004. The Secure Business
Initiative fulfilled the following project objectives:
· Assisted Central New York businesses with developing the
capacity and scope of their information security capabilities
· Helped to ensure the security and privacy of company,
employee, and consumer records involved in online and offline
transactions
· Provided process feedback to assist companies with
improving internal operations and developing process efficiencies
while maintaining information security
· Established contacts between the university and local area
enterprises to enhance employment prospects and retention of
professional workers in the CNY region
· Served community goals by connecting between leaders of
local businesses and Syracuse University students to encourage talent
retention in the CNY region
· Served research goals of faculty and students at
Syracuse University that may result in longer term economic and
societal benefits to CNY and other regions
Eligibility
Because the funded period of the project has ended, SISE is
no longer able to provide no-cost services to CNY area companies. Thus,
eligibility for the project is now limited to companies that are able to provide
a stipend to our faculty-led student team of researchers. On the positive side,
our team can now work with governmental and non-profit agencies in addition to
for profit firms. In addition, we can offer free access to our SISE Rapid
Response employee security survey for firms that have more than 50 employees.