UW Gets $50M to lead U.S. Science Research Security
Summary
Professor Mark Haselkorn to be director of SECURE at the UW WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced that the University of Washington (UW) will receive $50 million to lead U.S. efforts to prevent international cyberattackers from compromising the security and integrity of science research. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced that the University of Washington (UW) will receive $50 million to lead U.S. efforts to prevent international cyberattackers from compromising the security and integrity of science research.Foreign adversaries launch sophisticated attacks to download sensitive files and monitor email and network traffic for months or years -- until they are detected and the vulnerabilities patched.During the 2010s, the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory was Mark Haselkorn, professor in the UWs Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering and director of the College of Engineerings Center on Collaborative Systems for Security, Safety, and Resilience (CoSSaR), will be director and principal investigator of the SECURE Center.Sen. In July 2022, she This type of access to systems allows hackers to view and download proprietary research, and could allow them to delete or alter research files, making a one-stop-shop with the most up to date resources and tools like the SECURE Center vital to research security.During the 2010s, the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory was targeted by a malign foreign entity during a sophisticated hacking and phishing email campaign to students and researchers over several years.Mark Haselkorn, professor in the UWs Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering and director of the College of Engineerings Center on Collaborative Systems for Security, Safety, and Resilience (CoSSaR), will be director and principal investigator of the SECURE Center.Sen. In July 2022, she spearheaded passage of the CHIPS & Science Act , a $250 billion package that represented the biggest-ever investment in U.S. tech innovation.Funded by the National Science Foundation, the National SECURE (Safeguarding the Entire Community of the U.S. Research Ecosystem) Center will be led by UW, with support from nine institutions of higher education.The SECURE Center will design new state-of-the-art software, tools, and training so universities can keep up to date with the constantly changing landscape of cyberattacks and research security threats.