WHAT'S NEW
[12/6/2011] The White House releases Trustworthy Cyberspace: Strategic Plan for the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Program
[10/13/2011] NSF announces the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Program solicitation and seeks proposals that address cybersecurity from the perspectives of: Trustworthy Computing Systems, Social, Behavioral and Economics, and Transition to Practice.
FEATURED EVENTS
NITRD Cybersecurity R&D Themes event, May 19, 2010
Events
This website is devoted to promoting information exchange for advancing the US Federal cybersecurity game-change research agenda.
The Federal research community invites the public to learn about the goals and priorities that are shaping the direction of the US Federal cybersecurity R&D. We welcome your feedback to refine the R&D themes and to inform planning for Federal cybersecurity programs and budgets.
Over the last three years, Federal agencies engaged in an intensive round of public discussions, brainstorming, and detailed examinations of cybersecurity-related technical issues in order to develop the research objectives that are at the heart of this strategic plan. The thrusts provide a framework for prioritizing Federal cybersecurity R&D in a way that concentrates research efforts on limiting current cyberspace deficiencies, precluding future problems, and expediting the infusion of research accomplishments into the marketplace:
- Inducing Change – using game-changing themes to understand the root causes of existing cybersecurity deficiencies with the goal of disrupting the status quo;
- Developing Scientific Foundations – minimizing future cybersecurity problems by developing the science of security;
- Maximizing Research Impact – catalyzing coordination, collaboration, and integration of research activities across Federal agencies for maximum effectiveness; and
- Accelerating Transition to Practice – expediting improvements in cyberspace from research findings through focused transition programs.
CYBER SECURITY ASSUMPTION BUSTER WORKSHOPS
The Federal Special Cyber Operations Research and Engineering (SCORE) Interagency Working Group will be conducting a series of four cybersecurity assumption buster workshops, starting in March 2011.
See AssumptionBustersWorkshops2011.pdf. Workshops topics will be:
Defense in Depth Is a Smart Investment
- Workshop date: March 22, 2011
- Workshop report: Defense in Depth - Final Report
Trust Anchors are Invulnerable
- Workshop date: April 27, 2011
- Workshop report: Trust Anchors - Final Report
Abnormal Behavior Detection Finds Malicious Actors
- Workshop date: June 20, 2011
- Workshop report: Malicious Behaviors - Final Report
Current Implementations of Cloud Computing Indicate a New Approach to Security
- Workshop date: October 21, 2011
- Workshop report: upcoming
For more information, contact us at assumptionbusters@nitrd.gov
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