Tel Aviv University, Broadcom set up cyber security research program

Broadcom Corporation's (Nasdaq: BRCM) Broadcom Foundation has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Tel Aviv University to establish a two-year program to promote multidisciplinary research in cyber security solutions.

The new research fund will focus on the development of a new generation of authentication methods, which will enable secure interaction between users and their digital environment: smartphones, e-banking, e-health devices, and future technologies such as smart watches, connected cars, and wearable devices.

"The new program will combine researchers from the Broadcom Foundation and students and senior researchers from Tel Aviv University to develop a single authentication system that can identify intrusions into all types of systems, from bank accounts and medical files, to sensitive security facilities," said Tel Aviv University President Prof. Joseph Klafter. "The new authentication system will be secure against break-ins. The entire project presents a challenge for both the hardware and software aspects of the research."

"This new, unique program will enable us to forge a deeper alliance with academia and with the proven creativity, innovation and quality of Israeli science and technology," said Broadcom founder, chairman and CTO Dr. Henry Samueli.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on November 26, 2013