Implementing the Federal Cybersecurity R&D Strategy

Abstract

In 2011, the US government asked for game-changing research that would fundamentally improve the security, safety, and trustworthiness of the national digital infrastructure. Agencies have responded with novel ideas, from moving target management to tailored trustworthy spaces. The Web extra at https://youtu.be/ZdUDIDolCM4 is a video of Vint Cerf introducing the Honorable Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States, who provides the 5 July 2013 keynote for The Impact of NITRD: Two Decades of Game-Changing Breakthroughs in Networking and Information Technology Expanding the Possibilities Ahead. The second Web extra at https://youtu.be/UAVG6mrRs9Q is a video of the NITRD program's panel on Cybersecurity and Cyber-Physical Systems at the 2014 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. Panelists from DHS, NIST, NSF, SRI International, and the University of Connecticut discuss cybersecurity challenges of CPS and prospective research directions for solving those challenges. The third Web extra at https://youtu.be/fzkAtfx6W-g is a video of the NITRD program's panel on Cybersecurity and Cyber-Physical Systems at the 2013 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. The panel comprised Betsy Masiello of Google, Karyn Higa-Smith of the DHS SaT Cyber Security Division, Deirdre Mulligan of the UC Berkeley School of Information, Daniel Weitzner of MIT CSAIL, Vijayalakshmi (Vijay) Atluri of NSF/SaTC, Joan Feigenbaum of Yale University, and Jeannette Wing of Microsoft Research International.