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January 25, 2024 | International, Defence and Security

Quebec cybersecurity institute gets $1.3 million grant from Google | IT World Canada News

Google's philanthropic arm is giving a $1.3 million grant to a Quebec agency for cybersecurity research. The company said today the funds from Google.org are going to the Multidisciplinary Institute for Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience (IMC2) to support research on the growing number of global cyber risks. IMC2 is a partnership between Polytechnique Montréal, the

https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/quebec-cybersecurity-institute-gets-1-3-million-grant-from-google/557350

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