Recent events such as hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the 911
event, the attack on the USS Cole, and the Northeast U.S.
blackout have demonstrated our vulnerability to disasters and
our need to find methods that provide some degree of tolerance
for large cyberspace systems in the presence of disasters.
Disaster Tolerance in computing and communications systems
refers to the ability of infrastructure, software, IT systems,
communications infrastructure and business or organizational
processes that depend on these systems, to maintain
functionality throughout the occurrence of a disaster. The goal
of Disaster Tolerance is to provide an ability to continue
uninterrupted operations, despite the occurrence of a disaster
that would normally interrupt organizational operations; where
critical business functions and technologies continue
operations, as opposed to resuming them. - Faculty: Theodore
Manikas, Stephen Szygenda, Mitch Thornton - Students: Poramate
Ongsakorn Hardware Security and Electronic Design Automation