The center will enhance and safeguard the computing and networking tools available to the nation's military forces through a variety of projects. These will include the development of better ways of monitoring network security to prevent hostile cyberattacks, such as computer worms and viruses, and the creation of adaptable radios that will allow emergency personnel from crisis response agencies to communicate more effectively.
"NCSA's experience with cutting-edge computing systems and their application to a broad set of science, engineering and policy domains, combined with the wealth of knowledge and expertise at the University of Illinois, makes us the natural choice to lead this effort to create innovative cybersecurity solutions," said NCSA director Dan Reed, the NCASSR project director. "By combining the strengths of NCSA with those of University and national collaborators, we will be able to develop more resilient and flexible software, networks and tools--ones suitable for use in an increasingly dangerous world."
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