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Released: 20-Sep-2017 9:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T Announces Dual Licensing of Transition to Practice Program Technologies
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T today announced that for the first time two of its Transition to Practice (TTP) program cybersecurity technologies have been commercialized simultaneously by a single company.

Released: 20-Sep-2017 9:05 AM EDT
Surface Transportation Security – Soft Target, Hard Problem
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

S&T’s Surface Transportation Explosives Threat Detection (STETD) Program is working to provide the surface transportation end-user community with the capability to screen for potential threat items at the speed of the traveling public.

Released: 18-Sep-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Arkansas University Joins New Department of Homeland Security-Funded Consortium
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been named a priority partner in a new Department of Homeland Security-funded national consortium. The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate will award the consortium a $3.85 million grant for its first operating year in a 10-year grant period to create the Center of Excellence for Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis (CINA).

   
Released: 15-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT
New Grant to Help Keep Misleading Data Out of Scientific Community
Binghamton University, State University of New York

The National Science Foundation has awarded a research grant close to $1 million to four professors, two from Binghamton University and two from Wayne State University, who are committed to developing a national cyberinfrastructure that intends to keep malicious or misleading data out of the scientific community.

Released: 14-Sep-2017 3:00 PM EDT
NYIT Cyber Conference to Address Threats, Protections for People, Places, and Things
NYIT

Whether discussing the security of people’s private health and financial data or the critical infrastructure of smart cities, New York Institute of Technology's annual cybersecurity conference will spur dialogue around increasingly complex challenges faced by the cybersecurity community.

   
Released: 14-Sep-2017 2:30 PM EDT
DHS S&T Awards $640K to the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute for Supply Chain Cyber-Threats Research
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T today announced a $640,000 award to the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI) for research into prepositioned cyber-threats in mobile devices that originate in the supply chain.

   
14-Sep-2017 12:00 AM EDT
Department of Homeland Security Chooses ASU to Lead Its Newest Center of Excellence
Arizona State University (ASU)

The Department of Homeland Security has turned to ASU researchers for help developing advanced tools that will improve operations in DHS organizations, including the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Customs and Border Patrol.

Released: 6-Sep-2017 11:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T Awards $8.6 Million for Five Mobile Application Security R&D Projects
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T has awarded funding to five research and development (R&D) projects that will enhance the secure use of mobile applications (apps) for the federal government.

Released: 5-Sep-2017 11:05 AM EDT
New Collaboration is Cornerstone for Cybersecurity
University of Texas at El Paso

The Information Security Assurance Manager for the City of El Paso was one of 23 attendees at the first community cybersecurity workshop at UTEP in August. The interactive session took place inside the newly established Center for Cyber Analysis and Assessment.

Released: 1-Sep-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Computer Science in Culture: Hackers More Likely to Be 'He' Than 'She'
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

A new report, released today, examined portrayals of computer science across media. The results demonstrate that while the uses of tech may seem to be unfettered, there are still limits as to who can be shown on screen using computer science.

   
Released: 31-Aug-2017 4:25 PM EDT
Microsoft Joins Top Universities, Finance and Technology Leaders to Advance Blockchain-Based Solutions and Infrastructure
Cornell University

Microsoft & IC3 are joining the Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts (IC3), which includes faculty members at Cornell University, Cornell Tech, UC Berkeley, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and the Technion, along with leading finance and technology companies.

Released: 29-Aug-2017 8:05 AM EDT
Record Crowd Boosts Cyber Security R&D Showcase’s Impact
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

The event delivered thought-provoking keynote speakers, information-packed panel discussions and technical presentations representing a combined $250 million of research projects.

Released: 23-Aug-2017 2:05 PM EDT
UC San Diego’s Center for Peace and Security Studies Receives $3.3 Million Grant
University of California San Diego

How can humans best cooperate in an increasingly complex world? The Center for Peace and Security Studies (cPASS) at the University of California San Diego is working to find out by studying new and emerging modes of conflict—cybersecurity, military automation, weapons of mass destruction, cross-domain deterrence, and intelligence derived from big data.

Released: 16-Aug-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Computer Scientists Use Music to Covertly Track Body Movements, Activity
University of Washington

Researchers at the University of Washington have demonstrated how it is possible to transform a smart device into a surveillance tool that can collect information about the body position and movements of the user, as well as other people in the device's immediate vicinity.

Released: 16-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
UW Professor Franziska Roesner Named One of World's Top Innovators Under 35
University of Washington

MIT Technology Review has named University of Washington professor Franziska Roesner one of 35 "Innovators Under 35" for 2017. Roesner is a faculty member in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and co-director of the school's Security and Privacy Laboratory.

14-Aug-2017 11:45 AM EDT
Defeating Cyberattacks on 3D Printers
Rutgers University

With cyberattacks on 3D printers likely to threaten health and safety, researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Georgia Institute of Technology have developed novel methods to combat them, according to a groundbreaking study.

Released: 14-Aug-2017 10:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T Awards Metronome Software $750K to Strengthen Security of First Responder Sensor Systems
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Metronome Software is developing a technology solution that will significantly enhance the security of mobile device-based sensor systems used by first responders with funding provided by DHS S&T.

Released: 10-Aug-2017 3:05 AM EDT
USB connections make snooping easy
University of Adelaide

USB connections, the most common interface used globally to connect external devices to computers, are vulnerable to information ‘leakage’, making them even less secure than has been thought, Australian research has shown.

8-Aug-2017 8:00 AM EDT
DNA Sequencing Tools Lack Robust Protections Against Cybersecurity Risks
University of Washington

A new study analyzing the security hygiene of common, open-source DNA processing programs finds evidence of poor computer security practices used throughout the field. In a scientific first, the UW team also demonstrated it is possible to compromise a computer system with a malicious computer code stored in synthetic DNA.

Released: 7-Aug-2017 1:05 PM EDT
James Peery Named Chief Scientist of the Global Security Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

James Peery, who has led critical national security programs at Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been selected as the chief scientist of the Global Security Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Released: 2-Aug-2017 1:05 PM EDT
DHS S&T Announces Commercialization of REnigma Malware Reverse-Engineering Tool
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T today announced a groundbreaking malware analysis tool that is part of its Transition to Practice (TTP) program has transitioned as a new startup technology company.

Released: 1-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Historian Reflects on 27 Years of the Web
Texas A&M University

The World Wide Web as we know it today has undergone many changes and raised many moral and ethical questions that creator Tim Berners-Lee never considered when he unleashed it on the world 27 years ago today. As a history of technology professor at Texas A&M University, Jonathan Coopersmith spends a great deal of time studying the way society interacts with technology. Much of that interaction with technology today takes place through the web.

Released: 27-Jul-2017 7:00 AM EDT
Greta Van Susteren named a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy announced that Greta Van Susteren will join the center as a non-resident senior fellow.

Released: 26-Jul-2017 3:05 PM EDT
DHS S&T Awards $200k to StackRox for Defense Against Cyber Threats
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T has awarded StackRox, Inc. of Mountain View, California, a $200,000 contract to harden the cyber defenses of financial institutions.

Released: 26-Jul-2017 1:05 PM EDT
DHS S&T Selects Cyber Apex Solutions for Applied Cybersecurity Research
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T awarded a five-year Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), with a maximum value of $70 million, to Arlington, Virginia-based Cyber Apex Solutions, LLC, to facilitate applied research of prototype cyber-defenses for critical national infrastructure sectors.

Released: 25-Jul-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Spotlight Shines on Ground-Breaking Technologies
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Quantum-cybersecurity expert Ray Newell received the 2016 Richard P. Feynman Innovation Prize at a July 20 ceremony celebrating the “Super Power of the Entrepreneur.”

Released: 25-Jul-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Qubitekk Licenses ORNL Single-Photon Source Approach for Quantum Encryption
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Qubitekk has non-exclusively licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-developed method to produce quantum light particles, known as photons, in a controlled, deterministic manner that promises improved speed and security when sharing encrypted data.

Released: 25-Jul-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Netherlands-U.S. Cybersecurity R&D Partnership is Thriving
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

S&T has established active partnerships with cybersecurity organizations in 13 countries—including the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Singapore and Israel—and an international body—the European Union.

Released: 24-Jul-2017 10:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T Awards VTO Inc. $928K for Drone Forensics R&D
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

To increase law enforcement capabilities to identify, collect and analyze evidentiary data from consumer and professional drones, DHS S&T has awarded a $928,541 research-and-development contract to VTO Inc. of Broomfield, Colorado.

Released: 21-Jul-2017 10:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T Awards $749K to Evernym for Decentralized Key Management Research and Development
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T has awarded Salt Lake City-based startup Evernym a $749,000 Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR) award to develop an easy-to-use, decentralized mechanism for managing public and private keys needed for the secure and scalable deployment of blockchain technologies.

   
Released: 18-Jul-2017 10:05 AM EDT
NSA-Funded Virtual Cybersecurity Lab to Improve Cloud Networking Security
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock researcher is creating a virtual lab to address issues related to cloud-based computing environments and to help students practice networking and cyber defense skills. The program's modules will be part of a cybersecurity curriculum that will be available to the public.

Released: 18-Jul-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Columbus State University Partners With Local School System on NSA Grant for Middle School Cybersecurity Education
Columbus State University

A $50,000 NSA grant allows Columbus State Univeristy and the local school system to create what may be the state's first course in cybersecurity education specifically designed for 7th and 8th grade middle school students. The curriculum will be available to be copied for any district interested. “We do not think that a cybersecurity curriculum of this magnitude has been attempted at the middle school level in Georgia,”

Released: 11-Jul-2017 8:05 AM EDT
UCI Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute Launches Initiatives to Combat Cyber Threats
University of California, Irvine

New initiatives from the Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute at the University of California, Irvine will help combat one of our greatest security challenges: vulnerabilities and attacks in cyberspace.

Released: 7-Jul-2017 12:05 PM EDT
DHS S&T Awards $220K to University of Tulsa for Cybersecurity Research
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T awarded $220,209 to the University of Tulsa to study data production and usage by cybersecurity researchers, information that will help quantify the value of data-sharing and improve sharing incentives to address the interdependency of cyber-risk environments.

   
Released: 7-Jul-2017 11:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T Licenses New Cybersecurity Tech to Atlanta Small Business
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T today announced that a network flow analysis technology that will help strengthen cybersecurity has transitioned to the marketplace through its participation in S&T’s Transition to Practice (TTP) program.

   
Released: 6-Jul-2017 10:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T to Showcase Cyber Security Technologies, July 11-13
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T will showcase dozens of cybersecurity technologies and projects at the 2017 Cyber Security R&D Showcase and Technical Workshop—the federal government’s largest cybersecurity R&D conference—July 11-13 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Released: 3-Jul-2017 10:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T Awards $206K to Carnegie Mellon University for Development of Data Platforms for Analyzing Cyberattacks
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T has awarded Carnegie Mellon University $206,062 to develop data and analysis platforms that cybersecurity researchers can use to understand and counter cyberattacks.

Released: 30-Jun-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Study Finds Hackers Could Use Brainwaves to Steal Passwords
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Research suggests EEG headsets, growing in popularity among consumers, need better security.

Released: 29-Jun-2017 1:05 PM EDT
DHS S&T Awards $200K to Washington State Startup for Defense Against Cyber-Threats
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T awarded $200,000 to Veramine, Inc. of Bothell, Washington, to harden the cyber-defenses of financial institutions.

   


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