UA Little Rock receives $1 million award to prevent energy system cyberattacks

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A $1 million federal investment in UA Little Rock will allow students to broaden their research into cyberattacks against energy systems.

The university announced Tuesday that it had received the award from the Department of Energy’s Office of Cyber Security, Energy Security, and Emergency Response. The funding will be used to expand the Little Rock-based Forge Institute’s Emerging Threat Information Sharing and Analysis Center to fight cyberattacks in the energy sector, such as electric utilities.

The Forge Institute is a nonprofit cybersecurity organization working through public-private partnerships.

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