About

The Argus group was founded by Dr. Simon Ou in 2006 to carry out cyber security research. Our focus is on the defense aspect of the cyber warfare, and our philosophy is that successful cyber defense can only be achieved through automated coordination of various observation and action points in an enterprise environment. "Point solutions" like firewalls and traditional IDS systems are limited in effectiveness since they only look at one aspect of the system and lack the capability of "connecting the dots" among various information sources to gain a global picture of a system's security status. Our research aims at providing the enabling technologies for such automated correlation and analysis, with solid theoretical foundation and empirical study. The group is named after the giant Argus in Greek mythology, who has a hundred eyes that constantly watch for enemies.