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Digital defense: Strengthening global health & security in a connected world  

June 9, 2025

As cyber threats grow, innovations in cybersecurity, semiconductors, national security, and IoT are critical to protecting infrastructure, data, and public safety. 

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United Nations ratifies UF-created framework to protect people on cash apps

November 7, 2024

UF cybersecurity professor Kevin Butler developed the framework, which spells out guidance for countries to prevent fraud and abuse on mobile cash apps. Cash apps are the prominent form of banking in Africa, South America and Southeast Asia and can leave people vulnerable to losing their life savings.

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Breaking down the threat of ransomware attacks

November 2, 2023

Kevin Butler, a University Term Professor in CISE, breaks down the potential threats from ransomware attacks and some of the solutions for protecting against this threat.

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Kevin R.B. Butler, Ph.D.

UF to Lead $7.5M NSF-Funded Project on Protecting Security of Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations

August 1, 2022

Using a $7.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a team of researchers led by the University of Florida will examine the needs of marginalized and vulnerable populations among security and privacy technologies. The project, supported by the NSF’s Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Frontiers program, seeks to develop foundational design principles to mitigate harm and improve benefits to these populations based on foundational computer science, social science theory, and direct collaboration with marginalized and vulnerable populations.

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Domenic Forte, Ph.D.

FICS Researchers Patent “Universal Testing Technique” to Detect Counterfeit Chips

April 15, 2021

This story was originally published on the ECE news website. An article recently published in the Academic Times profiled exciting new technology patented by researchers at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research which promises a new way to detect recycled (previously used) and counterfeit electronic parts, especially chips. The technology created by ECE Associate Professor Domenic […]

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Mark Tehranipoor, Ph.D., Director of FICS Research and Intel Charles E. Young Preeminence Endowed Chair Professor, ECE

FICS Research Receives $7.8M to Help Make On-Chip Security Pervasive

July 13, 2020

Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research has announced a collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on a program called Automated Implementation of Secure Silicon (AISS). The grant has the broad goal of making scalable on-chip security pervasive throughout industry and military applications.

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$15M Technology Transition Center Celebrates Virtual Kickoff

May 8, 2020

The joint center aims to harness the expertise of both FICS Research and Edaptive Computing to build a comprehensive set of technologies that can be used by designers and security engineers to ensure the security and trust of microelectronics.

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UF Cybersecurity Engineers Prevent Smartphone Hacking

August 28, 2018

Kevin Butler and his team at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research help companies stymie hackers’ use of ghost commands.

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