A new cybersecurity center has been opened by IIT Madras to advance basic and applied research to drive national innovation. Despite its October 2024 launch, the Center for Cybersecurity, Trust, and Reliability (CyStar) continues to strive for advancements in blockchain, cryptography, security for artificial intelligence models, quantum security, and IoT security.

What is CyStar?

The Centre for Cybersecurity, Trust, and Reliability (CyStar) will focus on protecting critical national infrastructure and addressing security challenges in finance, healthcare, automotive, and electronics industries.

CyStar's objective is to push the boundaries of cybersecurity through creative research and education. The research team at CyStar is varied because they understand that cybersecurity necessitates a multidisciplinary approach. encompassing a broad spectrum of knowledge, according to an official statement from IIT Madras.

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Its goal is to create an informed ecosystem in which scholars, practitioners, and the government work together to apply discoveries to cybersecurity services that are provided in real-time.

The center is willing to collaborate with academia, industry, and research institutions globally and locally, trying to equip students, professionals, and researchers with the skills and expertise needed to tackle complex security challenges. By addressing these concerns across the finance, healthcare, automotive, and electronics sectors, it will help create a safer digital world.

CyStar’s research, industry, and government partners include - the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Ministry of Education, Vitesco Technologies, Kaspersky, IDBI Bank, LG India, Saptang Labs, Algorand, Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research, and National Security Coordination Secretariat, among others. 

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