Northrop Grumman to be Industry Partner in "CyberInvest" UK University Research Initiative
November 09 2015 - 4:15PM
U.K. government announces public/private
partnership to bolster cyber security research investment across
the U.K.'s academic sector
LONDON, Nov. 9, 2015
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)
announced today its pledge to serve as an industry partner in
CyberInvest, a public/private sector initiative by the U.K.
government aimed at bolstering cyber security academic research
investment to ensure the U.K. maintains its competitive advantage
and keeps pace with technology and the evolving worldwide threat
environment..
The announcement was made during a ceremony at the Park Plaza
Hotel, Westminster Bridge, where Rt Hon Ed Vaizey, Minister for
Culture and the Digital Economy and Robert Hannigan, director,
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), formally introduced
the new U.K. initiative.
"We are pleased to be an industry partner in U.K. CyberInvest and
play a leading role in taking our academic research capabilities to
the next level," said Andrew Tyler, chief executive Europe,
Northrop Grumman. "The U.K. is a thriving centre for cutting-edge
research so investing in this partnership will help fuel the rapid
pace of cyber innovation needed to stay ahead of the growing threat
from cyberspace."
Launched by GCHQ and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council, CyberInvest brings together key players from government
and industry to invest in and support the development of innovative
cyber security research across the U.K.'s academic
sector.
"Academic collaborations provide the opportunity to access
innovation, to co-develop research, to make entry-level investments
in technology, and to fund the researchers in the field who may
become tomorrow's cyber leaders," said Kathy Warden, corporate vice
president and president, Northrop Grumman Information Systems. "The
benefit of strategic research to solve mission-realistic challenges
is a shared responsibility of government and industry so we are
proud to be a part of this critically important
initiative."
The U.K. is a world leader in cyber security research and has made
great strides over the last five years to boost investment in this
area. Under CyberInvest, Northrop Grumman is one of several
partners providing investment funds over the next five years to
spur innovative approaches and to collaborate with researchers to
address the cyber threat. Northrop Grumman will also sponsor
clearances for academics and have a view into the totality of cyber
security research across the Academic Centres of Excellence,
Research Institutes and Centres for Doctoral Training.
Northrop Grumman is committed to global partnerships across
academia and government to advance next-generation ideas in cyber
research and to groom tomorrow's much-needed cyber workforce. In
2009, the company formed the Cybersecurity Research Consortium, an
industry/academia partnership consisting of Carnegie-Mellon
University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Purdue
University, and University of Southern California to advance
cybersecurity research. The corporation supports the University of
Maryland Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students programme,
and is partnered with the university's Baltimore Campus Research
Park Corporation on the Cync incubator programme - a global cyber
start-up initiative designed to cultivate the brightest ideas in
cybersecurity and commercialize these innovations for use in the
federal marketplace.
In 2014, Northrop Grumman partnered with Cyber Security Challenge
U.K to launch CyberCenturion, the competition for young people
designed to inspire future professionals towards careers in cyber
security. Now in its second year, this youth cyber defence
competition will hold its annual finals in the U.K. April 26,
2016.
Northrop Grumman is a leading provider of full-spectrum cyber
solutions to the United States government and to allied nations
around the world. The company builds cyber into every system,
platform, and product that it produces in order to enhance mission
assurance and resiliency, while investing both in innovative
technology and cyber talent of the future. For information about
careers in cyber in the U.K., go to
http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/Cybersecurity/Pages/IA15.aspx
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
CONTACT: Ken Beedle
+44 207 747 1910 (office)
+44 7787 174092 (mobile)
ken.beedle@euro.ngc.com
Marynoele Benson
+1 703 282 5428
marynoele.benson@ngc.com
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