<p>In this morning's "Boston Globe" (story by Michelle Locke, Associated Press):</p>
<p>"Smith College in Northampton, Mass., will be among a consortium of schools led by the University of California, Berkeley, in an effort to keep the nation's computer data safe from cyberattack.</p>
<p>"The announcement yesterday by the National Science Foundation was made after several security breaches -- two of them at UC Berkeley -- that have dramatized the vulnerability of a society that increasingly entrusts its secrets to computers.</p>
<p>"The idea is to look at ways to build more secure systems before a disaster along the lines of an 'electronic Pearl Harbor', said S. Shankar Sastry, the UC Berkeley professor who will be principal investigator and director of the new center.</p>
<p>"The new center, called TRUST, or the Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology, is expected to receive nearly $19 million over five years, with the possibility of a 5-year extension after that....</p>
<p>"In addition to Smith, Berkeley will be joined by Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Mills College, San Jose State University, Stanford University, and Vanderbilt University.</p>
<p>"A number of businesses also will be affiliated with the project, including Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Symantec...."</p>