New Research To Increase IoT Security
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The Internet of Things (IoT) trend – connecting our apartments, cars, hospitals or anything else to the internet – is picking up, making the physical world and the cyber one merge into a fascinating combo. These hybrid forms are called Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and they have their own unique characters. However, an internet connection naturally exposes them to cyber attacks and so there is a real need for researches to come up with solutions, to make sure these computerized systems are reliable and secured.
The National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with Intel Corporation, one of the world’s leading technology companies, today announced two new grants totaling $6 million to research teams that will study solutions to address the security and privacy of cyber-physical systems. A key emphasis of these grants is to refine an understanding of the broader socioeconomic factors that influence CPS security and privacy.
“Advances in the integration of information and communications technologies are transforming the way people interact with engineered systems,” said Jim Kurose, head of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at NSF. “Rigorous interdisciplinary research, such as the projects announced today in partnership with Intel, can help to better understand and mitigate threats to our critical cyber-physical systems and secure the nation’s economy, public safety, and overall well-being.”
Philip Levis, head of a research team in Stanford University which is researching encryption systems for protecting the internet infrastructure, said: “Our research aims to lay the groundwork and basic principles to secure computing applications that interact with the physical world as they are being built and before they are used,” Levis said. “The Internet of Things is still very new. By researching these principles now, we hope to help avoid many security disasters in the future.”
Cyber-Physical smart systems enable innovations in sectors such as food, agriculture, enegry, transportation, automation, production, health and more. There is no doubt that with finding a proper protection, these systems can benefit our society greatly.
