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NSA Announces Winner of Cyber Research Competition

Monday, August 24th, 2015

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NSA Announces Winner of Cyber Research Competition

A paper on a technique that measures the vulnerability of computer systems by the amount of information they mistakenly spill won the National Security Agency’s (NSA) third annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition on Friday."Their work is a stellar example of scholarship and it provides fascinating insights into security defenses from an information-flow perspective," Deborah Frincke, head of NSA's Research Directorate, said in a statement.The competition is sponsored annually by the Research Directorate. "Our competition aims to mature the discipline…

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