US military to make use of Czech computer networks research: report

US armed forces will probably make use of Czech research for protecting computer networks against hackers and terrorist attacks, the Czech News Agency reported on Monday. Czech experts at the cybernetics department of the Czech Technical University have developed algorithms which can better protect networks against attack, the agency said. That research will probably be taken up by the US army this year, it added. The research into network security forms part of a series of projects at the university funded by US defence and government agencies with more than 20 being financed since 1999. The Czech Republic is one of a handful of countries that have signed a strategic defence cooperation agreement with the US.