NSF Gives $5 Million Boost to Cybersecurity Research

NSF Gives $5 Million Boost to Cybersecurity Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $5 million grant to bolster the security of scientific research. The grant establishes the existing Center for Trustworthy Scientific Cyberinfrastructure (CTSC) as the NSF Cybersecurity Center for Excellence, an entity that will address the security needs of NSF's scientific community. CTSC will coordinate efforts on improving cybersecurity; it will include education and training to increase security expertise throughout the nation's scientific community, a PSC press release said.