Working-group on Applied Security & Privacy

The Working-group on Applied Security & Privacy at UC Santa Cruz is a research division embedded within the well established Storage Systems Research Center. WASP is an applied security group building off of SSRC's existing work in storage-related security issues to address a more diverse range of security needs.

WASP is focused on research in applied security, addressing issues in ensuring that real-world systems remain secure. Our research focuses on identifying security problems that arise despite the use of modern cryptographic techniques, and managing risks that threaten to compromise computer systems.

The WASP is part of the Storage System Research Center and the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It includes faculty and students from the Computer Science, and Computer Engineering departments. We also collaborate with researchers at other institutions, including the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.

If you're interested in joining the WASP, please see the information on the SSRC site here or contact any of the faculty or students in the WASP.

Prospective graduate students

Applications for graduate school at UC Santa Cruz are due at the end of each calendar year. We have lots of information available online for prospective graduate students.

Learn more about the WASP

There are many ways to learn more about the WASP and the research we're doing here at UC Santa Cruz.

• Browse the WASP web site
• Subscribe to one or more RSS feeds (see the links in the upper left corner of the page)
• Browse the SSRC web site
• Contact WASP faculty, students, or staff
• Attend an WASP seminar or other event—all are open to the public unless otherwise indicated
• Browse past events—many are available via streaming video
• Visit the SSRC group on LinkedIn

Contact us

You can reach us by contacting individual faculty or students, or you can reach us at:

Storage Systems Research Center
ATTN: WASP
Jack Baskin School of Engineering
University of California
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064  USA
Phone: +1 (831) 459-1898
Fax: +1 (831) 459-1041
Director: Prof. Darrell D. E. Long
Associate Director: Prof. Ethan L. Miller

Engineering 2 Building SSRC Labs:
E2-381: +1 (831) 459-4458
E2-383: +1 (831) 459-1371
E2-380: no phone