He also holds a courtesy appointment in Computer Science. Eltoweissy is founder and director of the Center for Cyber Assurance and Trust (CyCare). Eltoweissy has over 80 publications in archival journals and respected books and conference proceedings. Among Eltoweissy’s research contributions are novel combinatorial-based survivable key management schemes for sensor and ad hoc networks, service-centric architecture for sensor networks, and stochastic models for the optimization of security protocols. Eltoweissy is also active in serving on program committees and NSF panels, in journal editorials and organization of professional meetings. Eltoweissy is a senior member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ACM SIGBED, and ACM SIGSAC. In 2003, Eltoweissy was nominated for the Virginia SCHEV outstanding faculty awards; the highest honor for faculty in Virginia.