"NSA funds cybersecurity project to bolster security of cloud-based computing"
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock researcher, Dr. Mengjun Xie, has received additional funding from the National Security Agency (NSA) for the development of a virtual cybersecurity lab, which aims to improve upon cybersecurity skills of students and the general public. The virtual cybersecurity lab project named “Networking and Network Security in the Cloud (NetSiC)” will offer students the opportunity to choose a computing cloud in which they will use to carry out networking and security practices. The use of this platform will not require payment from the user. This article further discusses the funding received from the NSA to build this lab and other details of the project.
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