Cyber Security Applied Research

Abstract

Our military forces require resilient, reliable networks to conduct effective operations. However, the number and sophistication of threats in cyberspace are rapidly growing, making it urgent and critical to improve the cyber security of Department of Defense (DoD) networks to counter those threats and assure our missions. This program will focus on innovative and sustained research in both cyber security and computer network operations to develop new concepts to harden key network components, increase the military’s ability to fight and survive during cyber attacks, disrupt nation-state level attack planning and execution, measure the state of cyber security, and explore and exploit new ideas in cyber warfare. The Cyber Security Applied Research program element is budgeted in the applied research budget activity because it emphasizes an approach to develop new cyber security paradigms to change the cyber game to build a more resilient and trustworthy cyberspace. These approaches will include changing the defensive terrain of our existing digital infrastructure and identifying ways to raise the risk and lower the value of attack from an advanced, persistent cyber threat. The Cyber Security Applied Research program will build on the existing basic and applied research results and transition new successful applied research results to the Cyber Security Advanced Technology Development program element (0603668D8Z). This Defense-wide program element will address advanced persistent threats to fill DoD science and technology (S&T) gaps identified in key reports and studies conducted by DDR&E over the past year.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0602668D8Z_2_0400_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation
Defense Efficiency – Report, Studies, Boards and Commissions. As part of the Department of Defense reform agenda, reflects a reduction in the number and cost of reports, studies, DoD Boards and DoD Commissions below the aggregate level reported in the previous budget submission.
Service Agency Name
Office of Secretary Of Defense

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Persistent Threat
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Cyber Threats
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace
  • Data Sets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Experimental Data
  • Information Assurance
  • Networks
  • Reaction Time
  • Security
  • Situational Awareness

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber

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