FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman
Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has invited one of the nation's top
cybersecurity research institutions – the University of Southern California (USC) – to join its Cybersecurity Research
Consortium. USC's leadership in big
data, computer science and informatics will expand the consortium's
breadth of research to further advance solutions to counter the
newest and most pressing cyber threats to our economy and national
security.
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USC joins three more of the nation's
leading cybersecurity research universities– Carnegie Mellon University, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
Purdue University – as part of the
Northrop Grumman Cybersecurity Research Consortium.
"In today's cyber environment, one of the biggest challenges our
customers face is sifting through the enormous amounts of data
flowing over their network, understanding its relevance and
trustworthiness, and determining how it will affect their mission,"
said Mike Papay, vice president and
chief information security officer, Northrop Grumman. "When paired
with Northrop Grumman's deep domain knowledge and understanding of
the global threat, USC's long-term
research in big data and analytics will help this industry/academic
partnership transition inventive solutions to meet critical
customer needs."
"We are honored to partner with Northrop Grumman and the other
three academic institutions in the consortium," said Yannis C.
Yortsos, dean of the USC Viterbi School
of Engineering. "Finding solutions in this very important area,
which is also one of the grand challenges of engineering, will
benefit both the public and the private sectors. Cybersecurity
challenges are intertwined with big data issues. Our existing
strengths in both these areas and in analytics provide a solid base
upon which we augment the consortium's innovative work and its
mission."
The Northrop Grumman Cybersecurity Research Consortium is a
unique industry/academia partnership that set out in December 2009 to advance research, facilitate
collaboration among the nation's top scientists and accelerate
solutions to counter the fast-changing threats from cyberspace.
Today's announcement marks the first additional school to join the
consortium since its founding.
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering will research issues
surrounding security and trust in big data storage and processing,
especially when managed by highly distributed systems. The school
will draw upon its expertise in trusted systems and standards,
verifiable protection and high-assurance security that protect and
defend against adversarial attacks and software subversion.
USC Viterbi will leverage its
Information Sciences Institute (ISI), a world leader in the
research and development of advanced information processing and
computer and communications technology. The Viterbi School is
consistently ranked among the top graduate programs in the world,
with more than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students and 177
faculty.
"Our team has in-depth knowledge of not only the scientific
foundations of truly trustworthy high-assurance platforms, but also
vast experience with practical deployment of focused government
environments," said Roger Schell,
senior computer scientist, USC ISI. "We
will expand and enhance these prior results into much broader and
more important areas, such as securing big data for disparate
domains in the cloud."
The consortium will continue to take on some of the world's
leading cyber problems including attribution in cyberspace, supply
chain risk and securing critical infrastructure networks. Members
of the consortium coordinate research projects, share information
and best practices, develop curricula, write joint case studies and
other publications, and provide numerous learning opportunities and
applications for students and the defense community overall.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
SOURCE Northrop Grumman Corporation