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Georgia Tech Wins $17.3 Million Defense Department Contract To Establish Science On Cyber Attribution

Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

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The Department of Defense awarded the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) a $17.3 million cybersecurity research contract to establish a science around cyber attribution, the university said Nov. 29.The research program will be led by researchers at Georgia Tech in collaboration with other academic institutions and companies. The project expects to create an attribution framework called Rhamnousia, based on the Greek goddess of Rhamnous and the spirit of divine retribution.“We should know who our friends are and who our…

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