For the second year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) led an exercise — the only of its kind conducted at a university, and focused on students — simulating a ransomware attack against an electric power utility in Wisconsin. Students took on roles of...
A new collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs Division of Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will bolster cybersecurity in the state. A memorandum of understanding signed on Sept. 15 by WEM Administrator Greg Engle and UW-Whitewater Chief Research Administration...
Representatives of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the United States Department of Defense (DOD) signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday, launching a two-year pilot program to work collaboratively on training, consultation and resources for environmental-related issues for the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations...
Recently students in a UW-Madison software security course took part in another first: a cyber tabletop exercise facilitated by the US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — the first such exercise run by CISA at an academic institution, focused on...
The U.S. academic community is gearing up for a new effort to convince national policymakers that the benefits of keeping government-funded basic research out in the open—and not stamping it classified—far outweigh any threat to national security from sharing scientific findings....
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences is adding three new degree programs — in data engineering, data science, and information science — to its growing portfolio to meet mounting interest from employers and students and increase access to technology curriculum...
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Steve Ackerman will serve as the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s next vice chancellor for research and graduate education. He was named today by Chancellor Rebecca Blank. “I am extremely happy,” Ackerman says. “Serving as the vice chancellor for research and graduate education is a great opportunity...
The DCSA Counterintelligence annual report, "Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Report of Foreign Targeting of Cleared Industry," is now available. This product details and enumerates cleared industry's reporting of suspicious contact reports that represent potential foreign intelligence entities attempts to illicitly acquire U.S. technologies resident in...
The Defense Department wants to put more than $106 billion into research and development efforts, according to its 2021 budget request. "Last year's budget was the largest [research, development test and evaluation] request in 70 years. And this year's research request is even larger," Deputy...