The National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently received a contract from the Department of Defense (DoD) to further research in cyberbiosecurity, an emerging field in biomanufacturing.
The NSRI is one of 13 established University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) across the US, delivering relevant and timely research solutions that directly impact DoD operations and national security.
A team of research scientists from UNL, Colorado State University and Virginia Tech, overseen by the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), will focus on vulnerabilities to and security of critical life science information.
"A pathway is being produced with protective and preventive solutions for mitigating vulnerabilities in our nation's critical infrastructure," said NSRI Executive Director and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Hinson.
"Our project will establish and develop the foundations of cyberbiosecurity as a new specialty at the interface between biosecurity and cybersecurity," said project principal investigator Randall Murch, research lead, National Capital Region and professor of practice at Virginia Tech. "Our work could gain the attention and involvement from a broad community of interest to design and implement technical and non-technical measures to protect and secure critical life science information that could be misappropriated or misused."
