Q&A: Eugene Spafford on Cybercrime, Security Research

Threatpost editor Dennis Fisher talks with Eugene Spafford of Purdue’s CERIAS center about cybercrime, funding for long-term security research projects and whether the federal cybersecurity coordinator position matters. Fisher: Do you see any indications that there will be more funding coming fro...

New Security Consortium to Focus on Long-Term Projects

The three universities involved in the security consortium put together this week by Northrop Grumman will have wide latitude to pursue research projects as they see fit and will be under no obligation to work only on technology that fits Northrop’s future plans. The researchers, in fact, will be...