The National Science Foundation announced yesterday that U.C. Berkeley will lead a multi-institution cybersecurity research project, dubbed TRUST (or the Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology), that will be backed by $19 million in NSF funding over the next five years.

According to information posted online at Berkeley, TRUST “will pursue a strongly coordinated research agenda in the areas of Security Science, Systems Science, and Social Science.”

A News.com report spells out NSF’s description of TRUST’s activities:

The National Science Foundation said the TRUST effort will specifically investigate the integration of computing and communication technologies across “critical infrastructures” in areas such as finance, energy distribution, telecommunications and transportation.

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