Karlstad University has been awarded continued funding to further develop and expand the Swedish Graduate School for Cybersecurity (SIGS-CyberSec).
The initiative is one of three industrial graduate schools receiving support from the Knowledge Foundation (KK Foundation).
– The new funding will enable the graduate school to recruit seven additional industrial doctoral students. The aim is to strengthen both research capacity and skills provision in cybersecurity for Swedish companies, a field where the demand for highly qualified expertise is growing rapidly, says Simone Fischer-Hübner, professor at Computer Science and Project Manager for SIGS-CyberSec.
SIGS-CyberSec is led by Karlstad University and is run in collaboration with Örebro University, Blekinge Institute of Technology, and several industry partners. The research focuses on three key areas: decentralized cybersecurity, cybersecurity related to AI and automation, and information security management.
Industrial graduate schools combine doctoral education at a university with employment in industry. The model is designed to address the growing demand for research-trained expertise in the business sector while enabling doctoral students to work on industry-relevant research challenges.
The SIGS-CyberSec+ graduate school has been awarded SEK 18.48 million in funding from the Knowledge Foundation (KK Foundation). With additional contributions from participating companies and Karlstad University, the initiative has a total budget of SEK 37.7 million.
