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Cyber

Northrop Grumman, Academic Partners Tout Progress In Cyber Security Research

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said a research consortium it formed 18 months ago with leading universities to get in front of emerging and future cyber security threats has expanded the number of projects it is working on and is making progress on a number of fronts. The Northrop Grumman Cybersecurity Research Consortium (NGCRC) has undertaken research projects addressing things like mobile devices, wireless networks, cloud computing, real-time malware detection, continuous network monitoring, identity management and more, Robert Brammer, vice president…

Space

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Congress

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Congress

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