RISC Media Bulletin | Collaboration vs. control: research security’s tug-of-war

New federal rules, AI-powered threats and a chip data leak

International Research Security

Media Bulletin

--November 2--

UK Government has failed to deliver on China promises, says BIST Committee

Department of Defense declares foreign partnerships audit a success

UCLA to limit data sharing with 'countries of concern' in line with DOJ, NIH policies

AAU says OMB’s proposed grant rule on foreign collaboration rests on ‘shaky legal ground

NIH lacks fraud risk assessment despite foreign concerns

Institute for Advanced Study co-founds Advanced Research Consortium in Berlin

Texas Biomed and MIT Lincoln Laboratory sign memorandum of understanding for future biodefense research

Emerging research security approaches: organisational arrangements at three European universities

Beijing Science Dialogue opens with call for stronger international scientific cooperation

Security risks, interference challenge trust in research

Pentagon designates Confucius Institutes in US a national security threat

US labeling of Confucius Institutes a security threat exposes irony of its claimed openness, risks deepening ignorance of China: expert

Samsung chip process data leaked through university research tie-up

China-backed threat group used agentic AI pentesting tool to compromise 140 sensitive targets in 11 days

Meet the former FBI agent behind NIH’s targeting of Chinese scientists

Research Security in Practice: Tools, Insights & Institutional Perspectives - COGR
Research Security Briefing (Vol. 2, No. 41) - NSF SECURE Center
ASCE
Training
- Principles of Research Security, fully online, self-paced course - Texas A&M University - The Bush School of Government and Public Service, TEES Workforce Development and the Texas A&M RISC Institute
Podcasts and Webinars
- Public Safety Canada offers dual-use technology and open-source due-diligence training (webinar) - University of Guelph
- New webinar series helps you navigate federal research security requirements (webinar) - University of Iowa
- Arctic Security and the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN) (Spotify) - Power Plant Sessions, University of Alberta
- Chill Factor: When National Security Freezes Out Open Science (Spotify) - The Canadian Research Security Weekly Roundup Deep Dive
- AI and cybersecurity with ASD Director-General Abi Bradshaw (Spotify) - Stop the World Podcast, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
Job Openings
- Chief Research Security Officer - The Texas A&M University System
- Director of Research Security and Export Controls - Virginia Tech
- Senior Research Security Analyst & Investigator - Purdue University
- Research Security Analyst - International Collaboration - Louisiana State University
- Director for Research Security - The University of Texas at Arlington

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