Poland's military strikes new deal to bolster cybersecurity, starting with cryptography

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http://www.zdnet.com/polands-military-strikes-new-deal-to-bolster-cybersecurity-starting-with-cryptography-7000027567/

By Michiel van Blommestein
Central European Processing
ZDNet News
March 21, 2014

With the turmoil in neighbouring Ukraine, the timing of a new deal between 
the Polish ministry of defence and three of the country's universities to 
boost cybersecurity seems hardly likely to be a coincidence.

After an earlier deal under with the Polish defence ministry which saw new 
cybersecurity courses scheduled for the next academic year at the Military 
University of Technology, the Polish military on Thursday signed a new 
agreement with three regular universities.

The agreement will bring in research collaborations in the areas of 
mathematical and information technology with the University of Warsaw, the 
Technical University of Warsaw, and the Technical University of Wroclaw. 
The military is especially keen on bolstering the numbers of the country's 
-- and its own -- mathematicians, IT experts and programmers and 
supporting their work.

The deal will see the newly-minted cryptography and cyberwarfare branch of 
the Polish military, known as the National Cryptology Center, working with 
the civilian instituions in the hope of arming itself with the technical 
knowledge necessary for online offence.

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