The “cloud computing” we hear so much about is cheap and efficient, but it’s not completely secure. Encrypted data — payroll information, for example, or hospital records — can easily be stored on servers run by Google, Amazon, Oracle, or another company. But only non-encrypted data can be processed “in the cloud” and that creates an obvious...
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Enhancing National Cybersecurity
The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity recently held public meetings.
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Researchers Team with Con Edison to Safeguard the Smart Grid
Con Edison has teamed with researchers at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering to advance the safety and security of the utility’s burgeoning smart grid system. Professor Ramesh Karriand Research Assistant Professor Michail Maniatakos, both in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received a $400,000 grant to build and test mechanisms to defend the smart...
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Cyber Dialogues: Technology, Risk, and Governance
The Center for Cybersecurity and the Center on Law and Security hosted an event that examined the future of cybersecurity, bringing together leading lawyers, business leaders, and technologists for an interdisciplinary discussion.
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National Science Foundation Award Will Secure Microchip Design and Manufacturing
The National Science Foundation (NSF) selected Siddharth Garg, a member of the computer hardware security research team at New York University, to receive a prestigious award for promising young faculty.
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Working in Tandem at Tandon
Members and Incubator Companies Join Forces in the Faculty Engineer in Residence Program.
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From the War Room to the Board Room? Effectively Managing Cyber Risk without Joining the Front Lines
Randal Milch and Zachary K. Goldman Corporations seeking to manage the asymmetric cyber threat environment face a range of pressures. T e current unstable legal landscape makes management’s day-to-day approach to the persistent and mounting challenge all the more difficult. Companies face an increase in activity by the plaintiffs’ bar and inconsistent regulatory attention by...