Cyber Security Research

Abstract

Our military forces require resilient and reliable networks, information, and weapons systems to conduct effective operations. However, the number and sophistication of threats in cyberspace are rapidly growing, making it critical to improve the cyber security of all Department of Defense (DoD) systems to counter those threats and assure our missions. The Cyber Applied Research program focuses on innovative and sustained research in both cyber security and computer network operations to: develop new concepts to harden key network and computer components, design new and resilient cyber infrastructures, increase the military’s ability to disrupt, fight and survive nation-state actors’ cyber-attacks, measure the state of health in cyber security, explore and exploit new ideas in cyber warfare for agile cyber operations and mission assurance, along with the ability to protect tactical networks, weapons systems and platforms. This program is unique in that it integrates both the defensive and offensive Cyber research from each of the Services to develop interoperable, defense-wide technology options targeted to meet Combatant Command (CCMD) needs and requirements. More specifically, by increasing cross-laboratory collaboration, this program is able to take Service-specific technologies and expand their applications to the Joint force.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Source ID
0602668D8Z_2_0400_PB_2018
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Cross Domain
  • Cyber Defense Techniques
  • Cyber Protection
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Network Science
  • Reliability
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber

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