 For most people, the term cyber security brings to mind security of their personal information, but in this networked world, more and more things are connected and controlled through the Internet. The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research is developing the Resilient Hall Mechanical and Electrical Security, or RIMES system, a cyber protection system designed to make shipboard mechanical and electrical control systems resilient to cyber attacks. RIMES is designed to prevent an attacker from disabling or taking control of programmable logic controllers. The hardware components that interface with physical systems on a ship. Shipboard systems that RIMES will potentially protect include damage control and firefighting systems, anchoring, climate control, electrical power, steering and engine control. For more information on this story, visit navy.mil.