Information Systems Security Program

Abstract

The DoD CIO Information Systems Security Program (ISSP) provides for focused research, development, testing and integration of technology and technical solutions critical to the Defense Cybersecurity and Information (CS&IA) Assurance Program to meet the requirements of 10 USC 2224 (Defense Information Assurance Program), 44 USC 3544, (Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002), OMB Circular A-130, and DoD Directives/Instructions 8500, 8510, 8520, 8530, and 8540. This program is funded under Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development, because it integrates technology and technical solutions to the Defense CS&IA Program. ISSP RDT&E funds support the DoD CIO and its mission partners: on architecting, engineering, and technical matters for developing governance processes and structures; on evolving and enabling a more integrated and synchronized Joint Information Environment (JIE) to provide the means for more integrated information sharing and collaboration that also endeavors to close identified gaps across all mission areas with a shared network of core enterprise services; on the continued development of the U.S. Government’s ability to prevent and defend against adversarial and/or commercial information and communications technology supply-chain attacks on its mission critical systems, networks, and devices; on improving oversight of the life-cycle management of cybersecurity risks; and on the integration of cybersecurity standards, methods, and procedures across the DoD for a more robust and resilient cybersecurity posture. As specified below, the DoD CIO’s investments in: the information assurance scholarship program; the integration of policies with the risk management framework to strengthen cybersecurity controls; cyber secure cloud computing; inclusion of cybersecurity considerations in hardware, software, and firmware early in the acquisition life-cycle; and analyses to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to model network behavior, improve cyber threat detection, and transform information security – these investments all directly support the National Defense Strategy affirmed need to continue to modernize our capabilities in resilient cyber defenses, in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the cultivation and development of workforce expertise in cybersecurity and information assurance to improve cyber capabilities across all military operations and support domains.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0303140D8Z_7_0400_PB_2020
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2018: Congressional Add Information Assurance Scholarship Program 10.000 million, FFRDC reduction -0.018 million, SIBR/STTR Reduction -0.323 million. FY 2019: FFRDC Reduction -0.041 million. FY 2020: Classified Increase 56.000 Million.
• Service Agency Name: Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cyber Threats
• Cybersecurity
• Engineering
• Information Assurance
• Information Security
• Information Systems
• Life Cycle Management
• Life Cycles
• Machine Learning
• Military Operations
• Risk
• Risk Management
• Security
• Supply Chain
• Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Cybersecurity.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• Cyber