{"id":276637,"date":"2026-06-19T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/new-cybersecurity-measures-could-mean-more-research-funding-for-uwm\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T01:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T05:50:16","slug":"new-cybersecurity-measures-could-mean-more-research-funding-for-uwm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/new-cybersecurity-measures-could-mean-more-research-funding-for-uwm\/","title":{"rendered":"New cybersecurity measures could mean more research funding for UWM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/new-cybersecurity-measures-could-mean-more-research-funding-for-uwm\/\">New cybersecurity measures could mean more research funding for UWM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/new-cybersecurity-measures-could-mean-more-research-funding-for-uwm\/\">https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/new-cybersecurity-measures-could-mean-more-research-funding-for-uwm\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-19 12:45:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"uwm.edu\">uwm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tResearchers in the Center for Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems at UWM, run by Professor Robert Cuzner (right), include: Young Soo Kim (from left), Hassan Abdallah, James (Tianchen) Li, Boris (Chei Wei) Hsu, Kevin Monahan, Lucy Benavides, Eric Schmitt, Kayla Knudtson and Joe Lentz. The lab\u2019s work includes applied research in power and electricity, including partnerships with Leonardo DRS and the Eaton Corporation, both in the Milwaukee area. (UWM Photo\/Troye Fox)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an era when federal funding for research is scarce, UW-Milwaukee has taken steps toward a data security certification that will make its researchers eligible for a wider range of federal projects. The Office of Research hopes it also offers area companies new ways to collaborate with UWM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a set of federal data security protocols required for universities and companies involved in defense-related projects. UWM achieved the Level 1 certification in January and is working to reach Level 2 certification by November, said Ali Abedi, vice chancellor for research. By opening a potential source of research funding, CMMC could aid the university\u2019s efforts to retain its status as a \u201chighest research activity\u201d institution, often called R1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To achieve Level 1 certification, UWM had to confirm that it uses cybersecurity practices that keep even non-classified research information secure. These measures include university policies and basic tools such as door locks, cameras in some research-related spaces and access control lists that give only certain people access to labs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157250\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/06\/cybersecurity300x200-20260527_TCF_IMC_6497.jpg\" alt=\"Two men stand outside in front of two large cabinets full of computer equipment. \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"\/>Joe Lentz (left), lab manager and research scientist, and Rob Cuzner, professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems at UWM, stand next to a battery energy storage system co-developed with Milwaukee company Badger Technology. (UWM Photo\/Troye Fox)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level 2 certification is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/new-cybersecurity-measures-could-mean-more-research-funding-for-uwm\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New cybersecurity measures could mean more research funding for UWM https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/new-cybersecurity-measures-could-mean-more-research-funding-for-uwm\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-19 12:45:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":276638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/06\/cybersecurity750x500-20260527_TCF_IMC_6461.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[28,57],"class_list":["post-276637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-data-security","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276639,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276637\/revisions\/276639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}