The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative’s new inclusive cybersecurity program funded 11 projects that include such topics as secure authentication for people with disabilities, inclusive biometric authentication, brain-computer interface for password input, judgments by artificial intelligence tools, and more. Illustration courtesy of Kate Horwich.

Virginia researchers are working to ensure people feel safer and that their privacy is more protected on computer networks and other devices through a new inclusive cybersecurity program funded by the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI). 

CCI awarded 11 projects as part of its 2024 Addressing Inclusion and Accessibility in Cybersecurity Program.

Three faculty at the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics were among the recipients: Chang-Tien Lu, Abhijit Sarkar, and Lynn Abbott.

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