![]() ![]() The digital ants technology could transform cyber security because it adapts rapidly to changing threats, said Fulp, who has received nearly $250,0000 in grants from PNNL/Battelle Memorial Institute for his ongoing research. “A cyber attack can have a real physical result of shutting off power to a city or a nuclear power plant.” “When that network connects to a power source, which connects to the smart grid, you have a jumping off point” for computer viruses, he said. As the grid becomes more and more interconnected, it offers hackers more points to enter the system for instance, inserting a virus or computer worm into a low security site, such as in your home’s smart grid, to gain access to more secure systems up the line. The power grid is probably more vulnerable to cyber attacks than security experts would like to admit, said Fulp, an expert in security and computer networks. The approach is so promising that it was named one of the “ten technologies that have the power to change our lives,” by Scientific American magazine last year. If the approach proves successful in safeguarding the power grid, it could have wide-ranging applications on protecting anything connected to SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) networks, computer systems that control everything from water and sewer management systems to mass transit systems to manufacturing systems.įrom TG Daily: Digital ants check networks for virusesįrom Tech2: Virus protection takes inspiration from antsįrom InfoSecurity: Can digital ants protect computer networks?įrom Gather Technology: Researchers hope to use digital ant antivirus to protect the gridįrom International Business Times: Researchers working on digital ants to flush out virus in computer networksįulp is working this summer with scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Wash., on the next steps in the digital ants technology, developed by PNNL and Wake Forest over the last several years. Professor of Computer Science Errin Fulp is training an army of “digital ants” to turn loose into the power grid to seek out computer viruses trying to wreak havoc on the system. *If you are a parent with a home account purchased via the Smarty Ants website, you can continue to access your account information and child's progress via your Home Account Dashboard.As the nation’s electrical power grid becomes more interconnected through the Internet - from the nuclear power plant in California to transmission lines in Texas to the microwave in your kitchen - the chances of cyber attacks increase as well. To read more about Achieve3000's acquisition of Smarty Ants, please read the Achieve3000 press release. The current Achieve3000 product line includes KidBiz3000® (for grades 2-5), TeenBiz3000® (for grades 6-8), Empower3000® (for grades 9-12), Spark3000® (for adult learners), and eScience3000® (for grades 6-8). With the addition of Smarty Ants, Achieve3000 now provides online differentiated instruction for all grade levels, PreK-12. ![]() For ongoing support, you can visit the Achieve3000 contact page, call the support line at 87, or email us at is the leader in online differentiated instruction, serving more than two million students worldwide. You can continue to log in to your Smarty Ants account* via the Smarty Ants portal, as well as look forward to receiving top-rated customer support from the Achieve3000 Customer Support Team. As part of that effort, we are retiring Going forward, you can find information about Smarty Ants - and all of Achieve3000's targeted literacy solutions - by visiting If you are a current Smarty Ants customer, this move will not affect your access to Smarty Ants services. Smarty Ants is moving! Since acquiring Smarty Ants on August 10, 2015, Achieve3000® has been working hard to integrate Smarty Ants into the Achieve3000 family.
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