SEOUL, South Korea , Dec. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Energy Solution (KRX: 373220) has announced its launch of the 'Battery Innovation Contest (BIC) 2025' to identify and support the next groundbreaking battery technologies. Innovators from universities and research institutions worldwide are encouraged to submit proposals until January 31, 2025 , at https://bridge.lgensol.com/ . Since its inaugural competition in 2017, BIC has been LG Energy Solution's flagship research contest. This year's edition has been revamped to foster greater collaboration between academia and industry. Selected researchers will receive annual research funding of up to USD 150,000 annually. Additional funding may be granted to projects making significant achievements through extended contracts. Unlike previous iterations of the competition, 'BIC 2025' allows participants to submit proposals on specific topics pre-announced by LG Energy Solution. "By presenting specific research optics, we aim to go beyond merely supporting academia and maximize the mutual benefits between the industry and academia," said an LG Energy Solution spokesperson. To facilitate active collaboration, LG Energy Solution has introduced the ' BRIDGE ' system, a platform designed to manage open innovation programs like BIC. The system facilitates seamless collaborations with features that help teams working on joint research projects track their objectives and deliverables. LG Energy Solution has unveiled the preselected 18 research topics for collaborative projects on the ' BRIDGE ' platform, such Battery Safety diagnosis algorithm technology and New materials for LFP Batteries topic. At the same time, the contest retains its traditional format to ensure participants are free to propose completely original research ideas. All research proposals must be submitted through the ' BRIDGE ' system. To protect the original ideas of every participant, LG Energy Solution has split the application process into two stages: initial proposals that provide concise information, followed by detailed proposals from a shortlist of candidates. This change aims to safeguard the ideas of researchers not selected for funding. "The BIC platform serves as a bridge of wisdom between members of academia and industry, driving technological innovation for the all-important battery sector," said Je-Young Kim , CTO of LG Energy Solution. "Through this initiative, we aim to provide differentiated value to our customers by strengthening our technology leadership." As of today, LG Energy Solution has supported 26 battery research projects through the 'BIC' initiative, with some evolving into large-scale projects that have received additional funding and resources. Thanks to the success of this competition, the company continues to establish partnerships with world-leading universities and research institutions, reinforcing its commitment to preparing the battery field for the future. About LG Energy Solution LG Energy Solution (KRX: 373220), a split-off from LG Chem, is a leading global manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, mobility, IT, and energy storage systems. With 30 years of experience in revolutionary battery technology and extensive research and development (R&D), the company is the top battery-related patent holder in the world with over 58,000 patents. Its robust global network, which spans North America, Europe, and Asia , includes battery manufacturing facilities established through joint ventures with major automakers. Committed to building sustainable battery ecosystem, LG Energy Solution aims to achieve carbon neutrality across its value chain by 2050, while embodying the value of shared growth and promoting diverse and inclusive corporate culture. To learn more about LG Energy Solution's ideas and innovations, visit https://news.lgensol.com .
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico has yet to produce a certified vote tally for a single district almost a month after holding historic general elections. Then on Wednesday, a judge issued a ruling that sparked an outcry and threatened to further delay the certification process as the Jan. 2 swearing in looms. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico has yet to produce a certified vote tally for a single district almost a month after holding historic general elections. Then on Wednesday, a judge issued a ruling that sparked an outcry and threatened to further delay the certification process as the Jan. 2 swearing in looms. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico has yet to produce a certified vote tally for a single district almost a month after holding historic general elections. Then on Wednesday, a judge issued a ruling that sparked an outcry and threatened to further delay the certification process as the Jan. 2 swearing in looms. The judge, in response to a lawsuit, ordered Puerto Rico’s State Elections Commission to count early votes following ID verification even if the postal address used to request those votes is different from the one in the general voter registration. “Contrary to what some actors in our society may have encouraged in public opinion, our legal framework in electoral matters is covered with guarantees of reliability, which leave no room for speculation or doubts about the validity of early votes,” Judge Raúl A. Candelario López wrote. The Nov. 21 lawsuit was filed by a dozen voters affiliated with the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, which won the gubernatorial race, according to preliminary results. The ruling noted that those voters alleged “their rights are being violated since they requested early voting, complied with all the requirements for it, and their votes are being subject to additional requirements without any legal basis.” The judge’s decision angered many including Karla Angleró, electoral commissioner for the opposing Popular Democratic Party, one of Puerto Rico’s two main parties, She said the party would appeal Wednesday’s ruling. In September, Angleró and electoral commissioners from other parties agreed that if they uncovered addresses that didn’t match, officials would call people to confirm that they indeed requested an early vote to prevent any fraud. Angleró and other commissioners had recently requested that the elections commission investigate how more than 40 ballots with different residential addresses were requested from the same P.O. box in the southern coastal town of Santa Isabel. “We’ve been waiting for weeks,” she told reporters on Wednesday of the investigation. Judicial officials already are investigating allegations made before Nov. 2 about electoral crimes including people who said they received confirmations for early voting when they had made no such request. As those investigations continue, workers are certifying ballots with the aim to finish by Dec. 20 or 22, according to Jessika Padilla, alternate president for the elections commission. The aim was to finalize the district of the capital of San Juan on Wednesday, but that was pushed back to Sunday, she told reporters. Numerous obstacles have delayed the certification process, including an increase in write-in votes and a flurry of errors detected in bedside ballots, prompting all electoral commissioners to agree to start counting more than 60,000 such votes from scratch. The delay prompted electoral commissioners last week to temporarily halt the counting of ballots cast in a nonbinding referendum also held Nov. 2 on Puerto Rico’s political status so they could focus on election ballots. Local law dictates that the certification process must be completed by Dec. 31. Advertisement
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Share Tweet Share Share Email Half of organizations (54%) have experienced a cybersecurity incident in the past year. In the next 12 to 24 months, three-quarters (73%) of all organizations believe they will likely be disrupted by a cybersecurity incident. Building cyber resilience so that you can persistently prevent, withstand, and recover from disruptions to your network infrastructure is becoming increasingly important. So, what is standing in the way? The answer lies in the disconnect between ITOps and SecOps. Traditionally, ITOps has been mandated to build, support, maintain, and keep available network infrastructure across various scenarios, in data centers and the cloud, and to support employees in offices and remote workers. In this hybrid world, the ability to keep networks up and running 24/7 becomes a top priority. IT and network teams build competence around network devices, and their success depends on their ability to protect network availability. Meanwhile, SecOps has a mandate to detect and prevent breaches. Focused on threats to the organization, they discourage using technologies and processes that expand the attack surface. Because SecOps operates largely outside the network, they rely on ITOps to keep network infrastructure hardened against attacks and have little visibility into recovery when an attack happens. Different mandates put ITOps and SecOps on different sides of the fence, working independently and with a limited understanding of their complementary roles in protecting the organization. Rekha Shenoy, CEO of BackBox An Ever-widening Gap The disconnect is exacerbated because SecOps is aligned with auditing and compliance. CISOs are reporting to Boards as the responsibility for business risk within the context of cyber now falls within SecOps. Security spending is growing at double-digit rates as the cost and impact of breaches have increased, the importance of protecting data and systems and keeping networks running is well understood, concern over compliance and audits grows, and fear of AI-enabled threat actors spreads. But the trick isn’t to invest more in security monitoring and detection in this world. Fifty-eight percent of the time , organizations learn of a security breach from external sources – either benign third parties (34%) or attackers themselves (24%). Instead, the trick is to mitigate risk faster than it can be exploited and withstand and recover quickly when disruptions happen. In other words, we must build cyber resilience and collaboration between ITOps and SecOps, which is fundamental to this effort. A Checklist to Foster Collaboration and Build Cyber Resilience The largest organizations say that transforming legacy technology and processes is the greatest barrier to cyber resilience. When only 29% of ITOps teams fully understand SecOps and only 30% of SecOps teams fully understand the role of ITOps, it’s time to transform how these teams work together and eliminate a major barrier to cyber resilience. If strengthening cyber resilience is a priority for your organization, here’s a checklist for ITOps/SecOps collaboration. Establish shared goals – A strong relationship starts with a common understanding of the mission to protect the organization’s assets and data, and maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With this shared understanding, you can agree on priorities, understand roles and responsibilities, and identify areas of overlap where the teams must work together to achieve mutual success. Have a common way to assess and manage risk – Network teams are focused on operational risk related to network infrastructure availability and performance, while security teams are focused on incident prevention and risk mitigation. Ultimately, the objective is the same: to keep the business moving forward. Developing a common way to assess and manage risk will ensure both teams are on the same page and working together with the best interests of the business in mind. Become partners in compliance – Organizations don’t always work together to ensure compliance . When audits happen, security hands off a list of requests and reports they need from the network team that, in turn, scrambles to respond. Instead, collaborate to identify and implement controls and processes that meet legal, industry, and internal requirements and mandates. Tools that automatically audit configurations and groom them back into compliance help teams proactively keep systems secure and compliant. Bring it full circle with incident response – Despite best efforts, incidents happen. A critical component of cyber resilience is the ability to withstand and recover from disruptions. Create a shared plan that both teams trust to maintain business continuity and integrity. When something happens, you will have already established how to investigate, contain, and remediate as well as restore normal operations. Remove budget barriers – Coalescing on a coordinated SecOps and ITOps cyber resilience practice also sheds light on the areas within ITOps that are core to security and may have previously gone unnoticed and underfunded. Network device vulnerability management is one of the last bastions for manual work but is foundational to cyber resilience. Automation tools that track and remediate network infrastructure vulnerabilities should be funded accordingly. Organizations will continue to suffer disruptions from cyberattacks. Strengthening cyber resilience is the best way to mitigate the impact and keep your business moving forward . With a checklist that helps ITOps and SecOps teams find common ground, you can coordinate efforts that meet their core mandates of network availability and incident prevention and build a more cyber-resilient organization in the process. Related Items: Cyber Resilience , cybersecurity , ITOps , SecOps Share Tweet Share Share Email Recommended for you The Cybersecurity Blueprint for a Borderless World: Zero Trust Preparing the Next Generation: Cyber Brain Academy’s Focus on Cybersecurity Professionals Sree Gopinath’s Advocacy for Digital Privacy: Defending Critical National Interests Comments
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