Oxford Uni chucks big brains at ivy-covered cybersecurity hub‎

Oxford University boffins launched an interdisciplinary Cyber Security Centre on Monday. The new research hub aims to boost academic research into infosecurity.

The Oxford Cyber Security Centre aims to research threats such as cyber terrorism and cyber crime, as well as running studies on the trustworthiness of electronically stored information. The facility will act as the base for 12 permanent academic staff, more than 25 research staff and 18 doctoral students.

The current research activity of the group is already worth more than £5m, a figure Oxford hopes to grow by forming an inter-disciplinary brains trust that will drive developments in both the theory and practice of cyber security.

The centre will bring together researchers in computer science with academics from other disciplines, including business studies. Oxford institutions such as the Saïd Business School, the Oxford Internet Institute, the Blavatnik School of Government, the Oxford e-Research Centre and Oxford University Computing Services will contribute to the research effort.


Read more at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/28/oxford_cyber_security_research_hub/