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Commonwealth Cyber Initiative

Aug 29, 2024

In the pipeline

As Andre Marshall was speaking to a reporter about cybersecurity in late July, one of the biggest technology failures in recent memory was unfolding in real time. A worldwide Microsoft Windows outage on July 19 brought airports, banks, subways — and even the Marshall household — to a standstill. George Mason University’s vice president for […]

Apr 29, 2021

Commonwealth Cyber Initiative funds $1M for student cybersecurity projects

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative has allocated $1 million toward experiential cybersecurity projects for students at universities across the state, the organization announced Thursday. The seven projects involve student researchers from George Mason University, Longwood University, Marymount University, Old Dominion University, Radford University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wil[...]

Feb 8, 2021

ODU professors receive nearly $1M for cybersecurity research projects

Five Old Dominion University professors have been awarded nearly $1 million in Coastal Virginia Center for Cyber Innovation (COVA CCI) funding for several cybersecurity research projects, the university announced Monday. Hongyi Wu, Chunsheng Xin, Sachin Shetty, Rafael Diaz and Kevin Moberly are the principal investigators working on the six projects. COVA CCI is led by […]

(From top left) Elisa Bertino, Tracy Gregorio, David Ihrie and Jim Mollenkopf; (From bottom left) Melur “Ram” Ramasubramanian, Zachary Tudor, Sennur Ulukus and Dan Woolley. Photo courtesy Virginia Tech
Jan 15, 2021

Commonwealth Cyber Initiative unveils Technical Advisory Board

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) announced its inaugural Technical Advisory Board.  Established in the 2018-2020 state budget, CCI is a state initiative aimed at developing public and private partnerships around developing an ecosystem in Virginia for cybersecurity, autonomous systems and data systems research and development. With a mission of research, innovation and workforce developmen[...]

Aug 3, 2020

Commonwealth Cyber Initiative names managing director

John P. Delaney has been appointed as managing director of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI), effective June 25, Virginia Tech announced Monday. The CCI Hub is located in the Virginia Tech Research Center in Arlington. Delaney is a U.S. Army veteran, having recently retired from a 30-year career. He had most recently been the chief […]

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