<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2015/november/111215dhs911grant.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>08/07/2017 04:59:12 PM</pubDate><title>Hackers Gonna Hack: UH Gets $2.6M to Protect Next-gen 911 Centers</title><subtitle/><description>UH has been awarded $2.6 million by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to develop technology to help protect emergency response systems, such as 911 dispatch centers, against Distributed Denial of Service cyberattacks.</description><author>Lisa Merkl</author><author-email>lkmerkl@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone/><image/><categories>People,Research,Top Stories</categories></item>