Montana State University has partnered with the Idaho National Laboratory in a $3.1 million effort to effectively counter cybersecurity risks. | Unsplash
Montana State University has partnered with the Idaho National Laboratory in a $3.1 million effort to effectively counter cybersecurity risks. | Unsplash
The federal government’s Idaho National Laboratory has partnered with a Montana State University (MSU) research team on a $3.1 million cybersecurity project.
Clemente Izurieta, the MSU team leader, said that phishing emails and such similar attacks are only the “tip of the iceberg,” according to a post on MSU’s website.
"In the past few years we've seen a huge increase in the number of attacks," Izurieta, an associate professor in the Gianforte School of Computing, said in the post. "This isn't just the hacker in the basement, it's organized groups attacking industrial systems, the entertainment industry, governments and the military."
In addition to identifying risks, the collaboration is also working on ways to make people aware of them that do not incite unnecessary panic, according to the post.
"As computers play an increasingly important role in society, it's important that they are trustworthy and less vulnerable to threats," John Paxton, director of the Gianforte School of Computing, said in the release. "Our goal is to train students and build our research expertise in this critically important area of computer science."
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