As our society grows increasingly dependent on electronic networks for managing everyday life, running our economy, and defending the nation, cybersecurity has become one of our most pressing challenges.
Can we protect the power grid, telecommunication networks, financial data, “smart” products, and our private information, while still enjoying the benefits technology affords us?
AAU universities are helping answer that question, leading the way with multidisciplinary research, technology development, and education.
Martin Swany, a professor and chair of the Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington, answers questions about his work with thermal imaging and electromagnetic probes.
Two Boston University computer scientists have developed a tool that could make it harder for hackers to find their way into networks where they don’t belong.
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new system for aggregating usage reports from personal devices that emphasizes maintaining the user's privacy.
A team of researchers at Stony Brook University has developed a technology and prototype device based on quantum mechanics designed to prevent network hacking.
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A new software system being developed by cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology will largely automate the process of assessing the extent of network or computer system attacks.
Georgia Institute of Technology | Protecting Systems | Safeguarding the Connected World | University Research
Researchers at Stony Brook University were awarded $3.5M by the Office of Naval Research to help guard against online security breaches that threaten personal data.
Stony Brook University - The State University of New York | Protecting Individual Data | Safeguarding the Connected World | University Research
Using only tools already on smartphones, including the compass, a University at Buffalo-led team of engineers is creating an app to stop voice hacking.
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York | Protecting Individual Data | Safeguarding the Connected World | University Research
Carnegie Mellon CyLab is a bold and visionary effort, which establishes public-private partnerships to develop new technologies for measurable, secure, available, trustworthy, and sustainable computing and communications systems. CyLab is a world leader in both technological research and the education of professionals in information assurance, security technology, business and policy, as well as security awareness among cybercitizens of all ages.
CACR's applied research, funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy, and others, identifies and addresses difficult cybersecurity problems facing public and private communities.