UNBC Computer Science Assistant Professor Dr. Sajal Saha received a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant.
The grant, worth $222,500 over five years, will go towards a cybersecurity project that would use artificial intelligence to fight cyber attacks in real time.
Dr. Saha said Canadian businesses lost roughly $567 million in 2023, according to the report of National Cyber Threat Assessment of 2025-26.
“Canada is facing its most complex cyber threat environment to date. We have a plan to incorporate A.I. technologies to detect and prevent those attacks with minimum intervention from the human side.”
Dr. Saha said time is needed to take action from humans when it comes to cyber attacks, which can be costly for businesses, but A.I. would be able to act automatically.
The A.I. cybersecurity tool would be built for small to medium sized businesses in Prince George, with a goal to have it nationwide down the road.
As for the project timeline, Dr. Saha said they have a five-year plan, but no exact time as to when it will be completed.
More information can be found on UNBC’s website here.
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