CNLABS, University of New South Wales establish new cybersecurity lab to advance excellence
Jayaprakash Kumar of CNLABS
CNLABS, a globally accredited network product certification and interoperability test laboratory, has announced setting up the cyber security innovation lab at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia. Over the past decade, CNLABS has gained domain skills in SDN (software-defined networking), NFV, IPv6, IIoT (industrial internet of things), and cloud networking.
The lab has assumed management roles in organisations such as IPv6 Forum, ITU-T, and ONF. It contributes to initiatives like ETSI-ISG-IPE and the IPv6-enhanced council, fostering industry improvement. The CNLABS Sydney innovation lab at UNSW will focus on research, certifications, and development of regulatory standards for networked systems in Security and Trustworthy AI. This work holds both global and regional significance.
“We are excited to collaborate and support CNLABS to further research and prototyping in emerging technology domains. This engagement helps broaden our industry connections worldwide, co-develop joint programmes, and promote robust development of cybersecurity programmes”, says Julien Epps, head of school, electrical engineering and telecommunications, UNSW Sydney.
Hassan Habibi Gharakheili, senior lecturer, school of electrical engineering and telecommunications at UNSW, adds, “Collaboration with CNLABS brings us one step closer to the industry in undertaking applied research in the domain of Cybersecurity, IoT, and Artificial intelligence. This research initiative, slated to extend for the next three years, serves as a platform for jointly developing intellectual properties (IPs) within emerging high-impact research domains”.
In addition to the test facilities in India and USA, CNLABS will continue to offer product certification programmes, pre-compliance testing and third-party test programmes in Australia to better support APAC customers. CNLABS, UNSW and IPv6 Forum will also jointly host an annual regional summit, CyberOZ to foster global collaboration, promote knowledge exchange and awareness, and encourage improvement in the domains of cybersecurity, IPv6, and AI.
Jayaprakash Kumar, CEO of CNLABS emphasized the importance of this collaboration, “Enterprise and Cloud Security is evolving rapidly. With Artificial Intelligence-based threats, security frameworks that are agile and continually relevant are essential to complement the standards-based approach to security. Partnering with UNSW gives us access to leading-edge research and thought leadership to create industry-relevant certifications and audit frameworks that can serve the standards development forums, regulatory bodies, and enterprise customers.”
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