{"id":315,"date":"2020-07-29T18:22:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T18:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/cybersecurity\/?page_id=315"},"modified":"2022-04-19T21:09:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:09:40","slug":"research-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/cybersecurity\/research-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Research News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using the \u201cweird\u201d in quantum computing to answer hard questions<\/a><\/h1>\n

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AFRL partners with Northern Arizona University, DOD labs, industry to develop nanotechnology solutions to cyberattacks and cyber warfare<\/h1>\n
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Personnel from the Air Force Research Laboratory joined dozens of industry and military partners at Northern Arizona University Feb. 25 to discuss a multimillion-dollar cybersecurity project headed by Professor Bertrand Cambou.<\/div>\n
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Cambou, a professor of nanotechnology and cybersecurity in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS), is the principal investigator on a grant from the U.S. Air Force to develop nanotechnology solutions to cyberattacks and cyber warfare. SICCS professor Paul Flikkema is the PI on a grant aimed at developing hardware for computer diversity. Together, the grants total $6.3 million and include a dozen researchers and students at NAU. Read More.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cybersecurity team at NAU testing ternary computing to secure blockchain technology for cryptocurrency and other applications<\/h1>\n

A team of cybersecurity researchers from NAU\u2019s\u00a0School of\u00a0Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems<\/a>, led by professor of practice\u00a0Bertrand Cambou<\/strong>, was recently awarded a $125,000 grant by the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to study how to apply NAU\u2019s technology to secure the blockchain with novel digital signature schemes. Read More.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NAU electrical engineers to lead development, commercialization of next-gen cybersecurity solutions for Internet of Things<\/h1>\n

A team of electrical engineers, led by assistant professor and principal investigator\u00a0Fatemeh Afghah<\/strong>\u00a0of Northern Arizona University\u2019s\u00a0School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(SICCS), was recently awarded a $750,000 grant by the National Science Foundation\u2019s\u00a0Partnerships for Innovation Program<\/span><\/a> to develop and commercialize a next-generation cryptosystem, or security platform, capable of protecting IoT devices from cybersecurity attacks through more advanced authentication procedures. The NAU team, which includes professor of practice\u00a0Bertrand Cambou<\/strong>\u00a0and assistant professor\u00a0Abolfazl Razi<\/strong>, will collaborate with Michael Kozicki and Hugh Barnaby of Arizona State University to enhance security solutions used in e-commerce, banking, smart cities, supply chains, smart health, machine-to-machine communications and the IoT. Read More.<\/a><\/p>\n

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NAU cybersecurity expert elected senior member of the National Academy of Inventors<\/h1>\n

The\u00a0National Academy of Inventors<\/a>\u00a0(NAI) has named Northern Arizona University professor of practice\u00a0Bertrand Cambou<\/strong> one of 66 academic inventors to the inaugural class of NAI senior members. NAI is a member organization comprised of U.S. and international universities as well as governmental and nonprofit research institutes, with more than 4,000 members spanning more than 250 institutions worldwide. Read More.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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