CYBER WARS Raytheon And University Of Texas Partner To Provide Cybersecurity Solutions
Cybersecurity is one of the major national security problems facing the United States. by Staff Writers Austin TX (SPX) Jun 05, 2009 Raytheon has partnered with The University of Texas at Austin's Center for Information Assurance and Security (CIAS) on research for new and innovative cybersecurity solutions. Cybersecurity is one of the major national security problems facing the United States, and President Obama has made protecting the country's digital infrastructure a top priority for his administration.
"It is impossible to defend against every conceivable threat without the great innovations of academia," said Dr. J Smart, chief technology director for Raytheon's Intelligence and Information Systems business.
"By partnering with The University of Texas at Austin, Raytheon will tap into some of the best and brightest minds to help design security capabilities for business and government customers and develop new technologies to protect against high-target threats."
Raytheon will provide funding during the next 10 years for CIAS faculty working on computer security and information assurance projects.
The 21 faculty members in CIAS, a research unit in the university's Department of Computer Science, bring significant technical knowledge specific to cybersecurity. They are addressing increasingly critical issues such as privacy, password cracking, network security, intrusion detection, verification and wireless networking.
"Protecting our nation's computing systems that control critical cyber infrastructure is crucial," says Dr. Fred Chang, lead investigator and director of the CIAS. "The partnership with Raytheon will allow us to expand our capabilities to address the rapidly changing problems in cybersecurity with a great deal of agility and flexibility."
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