Cyber Security Research

Abstract

This program supports the Department's National Defense Strategy priorities to Defend the Homeland, Deter Strategic Attacks against the United States, Deterring Aggression, and Building a resilient Joint Force and defense ecosystem. The Cyber Security Applied Research program element promotes innovative higher risk cyber research to meet joint force challenges in full spectrum cyber operations. The program addresses joint Service science and technology (S&T) gaps that influence DoD cyber research priorities and shapes the direction of the wider cyber community. The program integrates both defensive and offensive cyber research to develop interchangeable, defense-wide technology options to meet Combatant Command (CCMD) needs and requirements. To better align itself to the National Defense Strategy (NDS), Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Strategy, and Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) strategic cyber capability goals, the program recalibrated research thrust areas to emphasize the role of electromagnetic spectrum operations (EMSO) and artificial intelligence as key enablers for cyber power projection of scale, speed, and dominance. The established research thrusts areas are: Augmented Cognition for Cyber Operations, Precision Cyber Operations, Applied Mathematics for Cyber, and Dependable Systems and Networks.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2024
Source ID
0602668D8Z_2_0400_PB_2024
Change Summary Explanation
The FY 2022 decrease of $0.744 million was attributed to a realignment of funds to support high priority Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)) initiatives. The FY 2023 increase was an addition of $25.000 million to fund three research efforts under the Cyber Research Program. $10.000 million was added as a continuation of the R&E VICEROY program that provides sustainment funds for existing Institutes, an additional $10M allotment was added for research seedlings to incentivize university participation and transfer of innovations through the University Consortium for Cybersecurity (UC2), and the final addition was for a $5M program increase to support a Pacific Intelligence and Innovation Initiative. The FY 2024 decrease of $0.307 million is attributed to the realignment of $0.368 million to support the Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Serving Institutions program, $0.019 million to support departmental priorities and an economic assumption increase of $0.098 million.
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

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Command And Control
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Electromagnetic Spectra
  • Internet Of Things
  • Machine Learning
  • Military Operations
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Situational Awareness
  • Supply Chain
  • United States

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

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

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