为了有效地防范黑客攻击，美国军方正在伊利诺伊大学启动一项新的研究项目，该项目旨在提高战场计算机和通信系统的安全性能。伊利诺伊大学的国家超级计算机应用中心宣布从美国海军研究办公室得到了570万美元的经费将建立一个新的研究中心来研发针对敌方黑客的新技术。其他研究项目包括研发远程操控无线电系统监视战场环境。
在这一研究项目中，软件开发商将确定在无需担心信息受到拦截的情况下在军事部队之间共享信息的最佳办法，另外美国军方还在寻求建立一个能够快速确认某个计算机网络何时以及如何受到黑客攻击的反应架构。与此同时，确保用以监视战场环境的传感器系统的整合性也非常重要，这种整合性使得作战部队无需担心受到敌方故意泄露的假信息的误导完全依赖自己获得的信息采取行动。
Military Launches Cyber Security Effort
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By JIM PAUL, Associated Press Writer
URBANA, Ill. - Hoping to thwart hackers, the military is launching a new research effort at the University of Illinois to improve the security of battlefield computers and communications systems.
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Officials at the school‘s National Center for Supercomputing Applications on Thursday announced an initial $5.7 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to establish a new research center to develop technology against enemy hackers, NCSA director Dan Reed said.
Other research projects will include developing remotely programmed radios and refining ways for monitoring battlefield environments.
The NCSA, located at the university‘s Urbana-Champaign, Ill., campus, is a high-performance computing center that develops and deploys computing, networking and information technology for government and industry.
Software developers will try to determine the best way to share information among military forces without fear of interception. The government also is seeking a framework for determining quickly when and how a computer network is under attack, Reed said.
They also will work to ensure the integrity of sensors deployed to monitor battlefield environments, so forces can rely on their data without worrying about misleading information planted by the enemy.
The same kind of sensors could be used to monitor the integrity of bridges or the movement of traffic, making the research applicable to nonmilitary use, Reed said.
Another project involves the development of portable, remotely programmed radio systems.
Instead of using electronic hardware to control a radio‘s frequency, the radio could be remotely programmed using computer software, making it easily adaptable and secure because it could be instantly deprogrammed if lost to the enemy, Reed said.
Such "software-designed" radios also could make it easier for civilian emergency-response teams to communicate because they wouldn‘t be hampered by devices operating on incompatible frequencies, Reed said.
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