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New DoD Requirements
On June 29, 2023, the Department of Defense (DoD) published new guidelines for assessing security risks associated with applications for fundamental research grants.
U.S. Higher Education in Research Security
Join IPTalons as we sit down with Dr. Kevin Gamache, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Research Security Officer of Texas A&M University, as we explore “U.S. High Education Research Security Strengths, Challenges, and What Does the Future Look Like?”
Research Security in Academia
Watch IPTalons Interview with Chancellor Douglas Girod to learn more about Research Security in Academia. In this interview, we discuss the role academia plays in the protection of sponsored research and the biggest security challenges that universities face.
An Interview with Dr. James Weyhenmeyer: The Role of the Vice President of Research in Research Security
Join IPTalons as we sit down with Dr. James Weyhenmeyer, Auburn University's Vice President of Research, to examine the role of the Vice President of Research when it comes to research security.
Deemed Exports and the Influence on Research Security
The world of research security is a confusing environment to navigate with ever-changing policy initiatives, persistent threats from insider threats, and external targeting, all while upholding the valued open research and development culture in the United States.
Blink and You Might Miss it: How the NDAA 2023 Impacts Research Security
On December 23, 2022, President Biden signed the Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA 2023). While research security is not the primary focus of the NDAA 2023, it still makes an appearance and continues to build on the efforts laid out in the CHIPS & Act and NDAA 2022.
iSRA - 2023 Research Security: Fundamental Building Blocks
IPTalons is excited to announce that we are leading the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI) 2023 Research Security: Fundamental Building Blocks, a Mini Training Intensive.
Funding Agencies Race to Find Unreported Researcher COI: What That Means for Research University Compliance Teams
As the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced recently, the research grant funding agency has invested considerable resources to leverage big data and advanced analytics to identify principal investigators and other researchers who have foreign research collaborations and/or foreign sources of research funding.
The Leaky Research Funding Pipeline in the United States
Is it possible that nearly half of all the research grants provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research organizations have been compromised by Foreign Influence activities?
How to Lose Your Trade Secrets (and maybe your job) in 5 Easy Steps
As a corporate investigator specializing in the loss, theft and misappropriation of trade secrets, I have been asked by employees, contractors and other insiders caught misusing their employer’s trade secret how they should have handled the trade secret incident differently (i.e., better).