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Congress passes Cyber Security Research and Development Act (CSRDA)
From: "H. Morrow Long" <morrow.long () YALE EDU>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 03:39:06 -0500
*NEW SECURITY ACT GIVES MILLIONS TO COLLEGE STUDENTS, CENTERS By SWD Staff Congress this week approved a massive spending program that provides almost $1 billion for computer security research, including new university security centers and scholarships to recruit students to the field. The Cyber Security Research and Development Act (CSRDA) now goes to President Bush to sign. Once law, the U.S. government will provide $275 million for post-doctoral and senior research fellowships in work "related to the security of computer systems" during the next five years. Another $233 million goes to research grants in nine security-related areas, including cryptography, privacy, wireless security and computer forensics. Also, $144 million will create campus Computer and Network Security Research Centers to promote security research, while $95 million in college grants will establish or improve undergraduate and graduate programs in computer and network security. Another $32 million in research is slated to improve network security and pay for "multidisciplinary, long-term, high-risk research on ways to improve the security of computer systems." ===================================================== ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/memdir/cg/.
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