From left to right, the Bastazo team members are Andrew Bomber, Spencer Massengale, and Philip Hough of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Dakota Dale from American University. UALR’s Matt Kennett. and Distinguished Professor Qinghua Li, Thao LeVasicek, Kylie McClanahan, Yaling Liu, and Alan Mantooth at A University. Although not shown in the photo, it is Mr. Jia Di from A University.
With a $2.2 million grant from the BIRD Foundation, Bastazo, a US-based startup with strong ties to University A and the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, has partnered with Salvador Technologies to develop advanced artificial intelligence automation and We plan to develop rapid recovery hardware. Protect your industrial control systems.
This effort addresses concerns raised by advanced external threats such as ransomware.
“Our partnership with Salvador Technologies represents a revolutionary fusion of cybersecurity concepts,” said Philip Huff, co-founder of Bastazo and Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UALR. “Leveraging large-scale language models to automate decision-making is not only a leap for us, but a giant step for the industrial cybersecurity sector as a whole.”
Based in Arkansas, Bastazo specializes in cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions. We use artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to support cybersecurity operations in critical infrastructure across many industries.
Collaboration with Salvador Technologies provides an opportunity to enhance security and innovation. Salvador Technologies is renowned for its rapid recovery technology for control systems.
Alex Evtushenko, CEO of Salvador Technologies, said: “Our partnership with Bastazo enables a holistic approach to cybersecurity, ensuring not only rapid recovery but also preemptive threat detection. ‘ said.
The mission of the BIRD (Bilateral Industrial Research and Development) Foundation is to stimulate, promote and support mutually beneficial industrial research and development between the United States and Israel.
Bastazo, Greek for “burden-bearing,” was founded in 2020 by Huff, three faculty members from University A, and Distinguished Professor Alan Mantooth. Jia Di, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. and Qinghua Li, Associate Professor of Computer Science. The company is based on licensed technology originally developed at Secure, Evolvable Energy Delivery Systems, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Cyber Security Center at A University.