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ByConsuelo McAboy
From hard drives crashing to broken C-D's, many people have experienced some form of digital storage media failure. Today, Ferris State University may be well on their way to fixing this problem with a newly awarded grant from the National Science Foundation.
The National Science Foundation awarded a 330 thousand dollar grant to the Ferris State University Information Security and Intelligence program. The award was given to two I-S-I faculty members. The grant is dedicated to the study of digital storage media failure.
Sandy Gholston is the Interim Assistant Director of News Services for Ferris State. He said the grant will be beneficial to the University for a couple of reasons.
"Well this is an exciting grant and an opportunity for our Information Security and Intelligence program to showcase some of the work that they've been doing and to really showcase their expertise in terms of information security and intelligence so we're very excited about this grant, this grant in the total of 330,860 dollars. We feel like it's going to be something that we can really put to use and we're definitely very gratified that the National Science Foundation would award this to Ferris."
Gholston said the grant will bring recognition to Ferris State. He said the award will be a big step toward helping people store their information more securely.
From hard drives crashing to broken C-D's, many people have experienced some form of digital storage media failure. Today, Ferris State University may be well on their way to fixing this problem with a newly awarded grant from the National Science Foundation.
The National Science Foundation awarded a 330 thousand dollar grant to the Ferris State University Information Security and Intelligence program. The award was given to two I-S-I faculty members. The grant is dedicated to the study of digital storage media failure.
Sandy Gholston is the Interim Assistant Director of News Services for Ferris State. He said the grant will be beneficial to the University for a couple of reasons.
"Well this is an exciting grant and an opportunity for our Information Security and Intelligence program to showcase some of the work that they've been doing and to really showcase their expertise in terms of information security and intelligence so we're very excited about this grant, this grant in the total of 330,860 dollars. We feel like it's going to be something that we can really put to use and we're definitely very gratified that the National Science Foundation would award this to Ferris."
Gholston said the grant will bring recognition to Ferris State. He said the award will be a big step toward helping people store their information more securely.
