The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced a three-year, $800,000 grant to the University of Texas at San Antonio Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS), the University of Arkansas System’s Criminal Justice Institute and the University of Memphis’ Center for Information Assurance. They will join forces on research into helping states and communities better prepare for, detect and respond to cyber attacks.
More specifically, the funding will support development of a new training course and the updating of five existing ones through establishment of the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC). The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) and the Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI) will also be part of this outfit.
via Big bucks going to universities to solve pressing cybersecurity issues – Network World.