The grants are part of a partnership with Intel Corp., and were awarded to separate projects at Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania. The awards are among the largest geared toward the security of the so-called Internet of Things. The Stanford project aims to deliver strong cryptography to applications running on IoT devices. The Penn project will work on a privacy assurance and security framework that takes into account human factors as well as the operating context of the system, they said in their abstract. Most IoT applications run on small embedded computers and are entrusted with critical jobs in manufacturing or health care facilities.
Source: https://threatpost.com/nsf-awards-6m-grants-for-internet-of-things-security/114479/