Yet another issue is the tradeoff between information security and application performance. Security computations consume a great deal of application processing resources, and this detracts from the performance of shared, collaborative, real-time and electronic commerce software programs. Enter the concept of adaptive security being developed by researchers in the Georgia Tech College of Computing. The end goal is to minimize overall risk by borrowing available security processing resources on one communication stream to 'lend' to other application streams that may currently be lacking. The suite optimizes the use of host computer resources while still preserving appropriate levels of security and providing feedback to users when any changes are made.
Users can initiate changes in security level as well, while applications are running.
A Georgia Tech Research Corporation patent is pending on the heuristics suite. Several institutions in the United States collect statistics, investigate vulnerabilities and conduct research, Schneck says. It is this combination that eventually enables greater global economic growth. For more information , you may contact Dr. Blaine Burnham, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0280.