Five U.S.-Dutch groups to collaborate on cybersecurity research, development

The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recently announced a partnership with its Dutch counterparts Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and the National Cyber Security Center, part of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, to focus on cybersecurity research and development.

A total of $2.5 million will fund five U.S-Dutch research teams. The teams will build upon previous research efforts and will develop solutions for Industrial Controls Systems Security and Distributed Denial of Defense Security.

“S&T is excited to collaborate with our Dutch partners on these cyber-defense projects,” William N. Bryan, senior official performing the duties of the undersecretary for science and technology, said. “The capabilities developed by the joint research teams will benefit both countries today and into the future. We hope this is the first of many joint ventures with our international partners.”

The five teams are the University of California at Santa Barbara and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; the University of California at San Diego and the University of Twente at Enschede; the University of Texas at Dallas, and Technische Universiteit Eindhoven; the New York University and Delft University of Technology; as well as the University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute and the University of Twente, Enschede.