DoD and Funding Research into Information Sharing

marcocasassamont — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:51:00 GMT

As reported by this article, the US Defence Department (DoD) is going to fund research on information sharing:

“The Defense Department has awarded $7.5 million to six universities for a five-year research program to help solve the problem of sharing sensitive information while ensuring privacy and security.

The failure of intelligence and law enforcement organizations to share information was one of the problems that contributed to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to the commission that studied the attacks. But connecting the dots has proved to be a knotty problem for organizations built on secrecy and control. …”

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Research on Security and Identity Management (by Marco Casassa Mont) : DoD

DoD and Funding Research into Information Sharing