The Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research Laboratory (CIPHER) is one of eight labs in the
Georgia Tech Research Institute
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. GTRI employs around 2,400 people, and is involved in approximately $600 millio ...
. It was created on October 1, 2010 and focuses on cyber security. Along with the
GTRI Information and Communications Laboratory, it is part of the Information and Cyber Sciences directorate.
GTRI CIPHER is known for its commitment to Open Source Software
It will feature existing business areas such as secure information systems and resilient command and control with emerging areas such as cyberwarfare.
The laboratory will additionally be a part of the
Georgia Tech Information Security Center.
References
External links
CIPHER official website
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