Improved cyber security is also a pressing concern for small businesses. “Fifty percent of all small businesses breached by cyber security attacks go out of business,” Singleton said. “We need to get research out of the filing cabinets and into the marketplace, because it is difficult as a small business to allocate funds and resources to conduct R&D.”
Delphia Howze, chief inclusion officer at ORNL, said, “Technology developed in the national laboratory system has the potential to transform small businesses; equitable access to its resources is very important to the Department of Energy. At ORNL, we have the privilege and responsibility to be intentional and inclusive. ORNL works with hundreds of small businesses through our Small Business Office, in regional economic development efforts, partnership agreements and technology licenses. Nearly half of our licenses in 2024 are with small businesses.”
In addition to Goodall and Prowell, the ORNL development team includes Joel Reed, Joel Dawson, Aaron Ferber, Ali Passian, Jeff Nichols, Kelly Huffer and Dave Richardson. Former ORNL researchers Bobby Bridges, Erik Ferragut, Michael Iannacone, Jason Laska, Lane Harrison, Jarilyn Hernandez Jimenez and Christopher Rathgeb also contributed to the technologies.
Senior commercialization manager Andreana Leskovjan negotiated the terms of the license. Browse ORNL’s portfolio of information technology and communications innovations.
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This Oak Ridge National Laboratory news article "U2opia signs license to commercialize anomaly-detection technology for cybersecurity" was originally found on https://www.ornl.gov/news
