The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has enlisted cybersecurity experts from the University of North Texas to overhaul its hiring processes, with the ultimate goal of safeguarding national security.

UNT researchers, led by computer science and engineering faculty Ram Dantu and Cihan Tunc, have received $2.1 million in funding from the Cyber Service Academy under the DoD’s Chief Information Officer. The support comes through capacity-building grants designed to strengthen universities’ capabilities in cybersecurity education and research. The academy, part of the Chief Information Officer’s Workforce Innovation Directorate, is focused on enhancing recruitment and retention in the economically critical field of cybersecurity. The rest of the funds, around $900,000, comes from the National Security Agency.

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