INFORMATION SECURITY RESEARCH
Abstract
The overarching objective of this activity is to protect the Navy and the Joint information infrastructure from hostile exploitation and attack. This activity transfers from PE 0603235N effective FY 2013 to focus on applied research in information security. The current specific objectives are: a) Network Situation Awareness & Security: Develop tools, techniques and methodologies to improve network resistance to denial of service attacks and improve indications and warnings of suspect activities. b) Network Traffic Analysis and Assessment: Develop methods for conducting network traffic analysis; monitoring and assessing network status and health; identifying new capabilities to analyze network vulnerabilities and attacks; and providing situational awareness of network assets and operations. c) Information Assurance: Develop and measure the effectiveness of Information Assurance (IA) protective solutions and improve the quality and level of certification of information assurance software. The following accomplishments and plans are non-inclusive examples of accomplishments and plans for projects funded in this activity. Beginning in FY15, efforts identified under "Information Security Research" will be executed in Activity- APPLIED INFORMATION SCIENCES FOR DECISION MAKING under objective Cyber Defense (Formerly titled Trusted Systems & Networks).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 03a3ffd67a5a8c8d6acc5eebd0cb8aad