UT partners with Raytheon on cybersecurity research - Austin Business Journal:

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Waltham, Mass.-based Raytheon will provide funding over the next 10 yeard for CIAS faculty working on technically challengin g computer security and informationassurance projects. or protection of digital data, is now one of the majotr national security problems facing theUnited States, and President Barackm Obama has said that protectingg the country's digital infrastructure is a top priority for his The 21 faculty members in the a research unit in the Department of Computefr Science, are working to address increasingly criticalo issues such as privacy, passworxd cracking, network security, intrusion detection, verification and wireless networking.
"It is impossible to defend against everh conceivable threat without the great innovations of said Dr. J Smart, chief technologh director for Raytheon's Intelligenc e and InformationSystems business. "By partnerinf with The University of Texas at Raytheon will tap into some of the best and brightestt minds to help design security capabilities for business and governmenty customers and develop new technologiesz to protectagainst high-target Raytheon has more than 30 years of experiencde in cybersecurity, information operations and information assurance.