SMU School of Information Systems has been awarded two cybersecurity research projects under a collaboration programme with Singapore's National Research Foundation and Tel Aviv University's (TAU) Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center in Israel. The SMU researchers will work with TAU colleagues on one project to address key questions of how to characterise the interdependency of cyberattacks, and achieve a balance between openness and security when implementing international enforcement actions and sharing technology information to counter cyberattacks. "As international collaboration in technical and legal strategies are recognised as being central to efforts to tackle globalised cybersecurity threats, this project will add to the knowledge base on cybersecurity interdependency, and the policy analytics about the legal measures and technology mitigations against cyberattacks," said SMU Assistant Professor of Information Systems Wang Qiuhong.

The second project aims to protect the safety and privacy of people who use mobile apps to access smart city services. The project will design a system that detects anomalous and potentially harmful behaviours in apps and create suitable alerts. "This project addresses the need to empower users of various demographics to better protect themselves against cyberattackers and secure their private data and information," said SMU Associate Professor of Information Systems David Lo.