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Defense in-depth

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Layers upon layers of security

When a system employs a series of defensive mechanisms, valuable data and information can be more effectively secured. 

CCI SWVA defense in-depth research programs focus on:

  • Preventing unauthorized device operation and sensitive data access in medical cyber-physical systems.
  • Evaluating the feasibility and accuracy of anomaly-based detection solutions.
  • Designing and developing accurate and easy-to-deploy solutions to detect insider threat anomalies.
  • Experimental evaluations of the security of contact tracing technology.
  • Designing security systems to defend against sophisticated cross-host attacks
  • Developing systems to automatically detect and compute cyberattacks, specifically zero-day cyberattacks, without supervision