Jeffrey L Undercoffer
Ph.D. 

Primary Role:Alumnus

Company:University of Maryland Baltimore County
Department: Computer Science
Room: ITE 373
Street: 1000 Hilltop Circle
City: Baltimore
State: MD
ZIP: 21250
Country: USA
Fax: (410) 997-1730
URL: http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~junder2/
E-mail:
Biography:

Dr. Jeffrey L. Undercoffer is a retired Supervisory Special Agent of the United States Secret Service. He was last assigned to the Presidential Protective Division where he was responsible for the protection of the President of the United States and the White House Complex.

In addition to an extraordinary and unique combination of technical knowledge and criminal investigative skill, he has vast experience interacting in Washington with Senior White House, Congressional, Executive Branch, and Law Enforcement personnel. Dr. Undercoffer retired from the Secret Service after 21 years of distinguished duty. While at the United States Secret Service, he was decorated with the Director's Lifesaving Award and the National Criminal Investigator of the Year Award, among other distinctions. Prior to his assignment to the Presidential Protective Division, he was assigned to several headquarters and operational divisions where he was charged with the investigation of counterfeit currency, computer and communications fraud and financial fraud. He also served as a weapons instructor.

He has co-authored several academic papers presenting original and novel contributions in the fields of computer security, data mining, mobile-adhoc systems, wireless networking and artificial intelligence. His works are published in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He has also published two book chapters.

He also held the position of Solutions Director, World Wide Computer Security Practice, at Unisys Corporation where he was responsible for the design and implementation of security controls for the protection of critical infrastructures (software, hardware and policy), computer incident response capability and computer forensics.

He received his BSc in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, University College and his MSc in Software Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park.

He is a member of Sigma Xi.

Jeffrey L Undercoffer has 19 authored publications:  Hide the list...

14 Refereed Publications

2004

1. Filip Perich et al., "In Reputation We Believe: Query Processing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks", InProceedings, International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services, August 2004, 1657 downloads.

2. Jim Parker et al., "On Intrusion Detection in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks", InProceedings, 23rd IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference -- Workshop on Information Assurance , April 2004, 1549 downloads.

3. Jeffrey L Undercoffer, "Intrusion Detection: Modeling System State to Detect and Classify Aberrant Behavior", PhdThesis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, February 2004, 3269 downloads.

4. Jeffrey L Undercoffer et al., "Using DAML+ OIL to classify intrusive behaviours", Article, Knowledge Engineering Review, January 2004.

5. Sasikanth Avancha et al., "Security for Sensor Networks", InBook, Wireless Sensor Networks, January 2004, 1306 downloads.

2003

6. Jeffrey L Undercoffer et al., "Data Mining, Semantics and Intrusion Detection: What to dig for and Where to find it", InBook, Next Generation Data Mining, December 2003.

7. Sasikanth Avancha et al., "Secure Sensor Networks for Perimeter Protection", Article, Computer Networks, November 2003, 970 downloads.

8. Jeffrey L Undercoffer et al., "A Secure Infrastructure for Service Discovery and Access in Pervasive Computing", Article, ACM Monet: Special Issue on Security in Mobile Computing Environments, October 2003, 1716 downloads.

9. Jeffrey L Undercoffer et al., "Modeling Computer Attacks: An Ontology for Intrusion Detection", InProceedings, The Sixth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection, September 2003, 899 downloads.

10. Jeffrey L Undercoffer et al., "A Target-Centric Ontology for Intrusion Detection", InProceedings, The 18th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, July 2003.

11. Jeffrey L Undercoffer et al., "Hidden Processes: The Implication for Intrusion Detection", InProceedings, Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Information Assurance, May 2003.

12. Jeffrey L Undercoffer et al., "On Web, Semantics, and Data Mining: Intrusion Detection as a Case Study", InProceedings, Proceedings of the NSF Workshop on Next Generation Data Mining, May 2003.

13. Jeffrey L Undercoffer et al., "Fuzzy Clustering for Intrusion Detection", InProceedings, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, April 2003.

2002

14. Lalana Kagal et al., "A Security Architecture Based on Trust Management for Pervasive Computing Systems", InProceedings, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, October 2002, 2510 downloads.

5 Non-Refereed Publications

2002

1. Jeffrey L Undercoffer et al., "Neighborhood Watch: An Intrusion Detection and Response Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks", TechReport, UMBC, October 2002.

2. Jeffrey L Undercoffer et al., "SHOMAR: An Open Architecture for Distributed Intrusion Detection Services", TechReport, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, September 2002, 2055 downloads.

3. Lalana Kagal et al., "Vigil: Providing Trust for Enhanced Security in Pervasive Systems", TechReport, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, August 2002, 1968 downloads.

2001

4. Jeffrey L Undercoffer, "A Perspective on the Scalability of MPLS Signaling", TechReport, UMBC, November 2001.

5. Andrej Cedilnik et al., "A Secure Infrastructure for Service Discovery and Access in Pervasive Computing", TechReport, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, August 2001, 1551 downloads.

Jeffrey L Undercoffer is associated with 2 projects:  Hide the list...

Past Projects

 Intrusion Detection, Student.
 Vigil / Secure Centaurus, Student.