AAU: Helping Safeguard the Connected World

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Summary Sentence:

The Association of American Universities highlights what faculty, researchers, students, and alumni are doing across the U.S. to help secure electronic communications and data.

Full Summary:

The second in a series that addresses broad societal issues, the Association of American Universities examines what university faculty, researchers, students, and alumni are doing to help secure electronic communications and data for the nation.

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As society grows increasingly dependent on electronic networks for managing everyday life, running the economy, and defending the nation, cybersecurity has become one of the 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?

American universities are helping to answer that question, leading the way with multidisciplinary research, technology development, and education.

The second in a series on university research from the Association of American Universities (AAU), this link shows what university faculty, researchers, students, and alumni are doing to help secure electronic communications and data.

Read more from the AAU.

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Institute for Information Security and Privacy

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Computer Science/Information Technology and Security
Related Core Research Areas
Cybersecurity
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Cybersecurity
Status
  • Created By: Tara La Bouff
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Feb 24, 2016 - 5:43am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 11:20pm