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Craig Shue

Computer Science
Professor & Department Head
AFFILIATED DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE
Cyber Security
EDUCATION
BS Ohio University 2004
MS Indiana University 2006
PhD Indiana University 2009
Expert Bio

Professor Shue's expertise lies in network security. He focuses on using system and network measurements to understand what is happening on a network to protect traditional computers and IoT devices. He also build systems that can detect and prevent attacks to keep organizations and regular Internet users secure. He can speak about all these topics and his research about vulnerabilities in and attacks on multi-factor authentication. Professor Shue has provided analysis for media organizations including NPR and The Associated Press on the July 2024 global technology outage stemming from a defective CrowdStrike software update.

Research areas/Expertise
computer security
cyber security
information security
Internet
privacy
Network Security
Computer Science
Multi-Factor Authentication
AI
Zero Trust Security
Edge Computing
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Media Coverage

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NPR
The CrowdStrike outage showed the vulnerability of the cloud

What lessons should we learn from the global technology outage that resulted from a faulty CrowdStrike cybersecurity software update? NPR spoke with Professor and Computer Science Department Head Craig Shue to get his take. He discussed the need for speed in cybersecurity software updates and why there are pros and cons to the cybersecurity landscape's reliance on a handful of providers. 

Boston Globe
How errant keystrokes at CrowdStrike led to a global outage of Microsoft networks

“If you’ve got a thousand computers, that’s going to take somebody a while to do.” Craig Shue, head of WPI’s computer science department discussed the recovery work facing organizations affected by a global technology outage. Professor Shue provided analysis on the outage’s effects and on cybersecurity software for an article in The Boston Globe.  

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