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May 1, 2009, 02:59 PM ET
Johns Hopkins Lab Joins U.S. Cyberdefense Effort
Cyberwarfare is in the spotlight — and a Johns Hopkins University lab is taking part in the fight.
The New York Times reports that President Obama is expected to propose an expanded digital defense push as the country grapples with “thousands of daily attacks on federal and private computer systems.”
One aspect of the government’s computer strategy involves building a “cyber-range” to test security technology and defend networks. The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, a division of the university, has been awarded $7.3 million to work on the initial phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project.
The Times reports that “the range is a replica of the Internet of the future, and it is being built to be attacked.” The report described the range as the digital equivalent of the Bikini Atoll, a group of islands that was the site of atomic-weapons tests. The Hopkins lab is one of several contracting teams competing to construct a system the Defense Department can use to simulate cyberassaults, according to the Times.
College students interested in computer security have their own forum for digital battle: The National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. Baker College won the competition last month.—Marc Parry
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