March 25, 20205 –
On March 25, UC2 hosted its second webinar series, Unlocking Potential: The Critical Role of Basic Research in Cybersecurity. The event was introduced by NDU-President, VADM Peter Garvin and featured three distinguished researchers: Lieutenant Colonel Marouane “MAR1” Balmakhtar, Ph.D., HQ Space Force; Dr. Lisa Bellamy, AFCYBER/TD; and Dr. Gregory Ruark, Social Scientist, DEVCOM ARL Army Research Office. Registration exceeded 250 participants, representing various sectors of the DoD, over 100 different universities, and 145 cities nationwide. With dynamic presentations, discussion, and questions, this was the most successful webinar yet, helping increase awareness of the transformative potential of basic research in cybersecurity and provide an understanding of UC2’s interest funding this research.