Monday, 4 April 2016

Cybersecurity facility planned for Moffett Field to protect spaceflights, other NASA work

MOFFETT FIELD — NASA’s Ames Research Center is planning a cutting-edge cybersecurity facility at Moffett Field to protect space missions from potentially catastrophic hacking and to increase collaboration with Silicon Valley.

Proponents of “Gryphon X” envision a center connecting Ames to the brainpower of the region’s tech sector, with benefits flowing both ways.

The project is in “the proposal and formulation stage,” and no budget has been set or funds allocated, Jerry Davis, chief information officer for Ames, said in a statement emailed to this newspaper. Davis said the program may be built jointly but did not confirm a statement from a think tank that Silicon Valley companies would help fund it. For the full article click here 



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