Cyber Security Advanced Research
Abstract
Our military forces require resilient, reliable networks and computer 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 DoD networks to counter those threats and assure our missions. This program focuses on innovative and sustained advanced development in both cyber security and computer network operations to mature new concepts to harden key network and computer components to include: designing new resilient cyber infrastructures; increasing the military’s ability to fight and survive during cyber attacks; disrupting nation-state level attack planning and execution; measuring the state of cyber security for the U.S. government; increasing our understanding of cyber as a war-fighting domain; and providing modeling and simulation of cyberspace operations to explore and exploit new ideas in cyber warfare for agile cyber operations and mission assurance, and protection of tactical networks, weapons systems and platforms. The Cyber Advanced Technology Development program element (PE) was budgeted in the advanced technology development budget activity because it focused on the maturation of successful applied research results, and their development, into demonstrable advanced cyber security capabilities. The Cyber Advanced Technology Development program built upon the results of matured applied research from the Cyber Applied Research PE (0602668D8Z), and other programs, to develop technology demonstrations for potential transition into capabilities that support the full spectrum of computer network operations. These approaches included moving from cyber defense to cyber resilience by changing the defensive terrain of our existing digital infrastructure, identifying ways to raise the risk and lower the value of an attack from an advanced persistent cyber threat, and focusing on mission assurance metrics. The program focused on science & technology (S&T) to address joint problems in cyber defense and operations. The focus of the research was on filling capability and technology gaps identified in the Cyber Community of Interest S&T Roadmap, the 2013 Cyber S&T Capability Gap Framework and other assessments conducted by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OASD(R&E)).
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 0603668D8Z_3_0400_PB_2016
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Office of the Secretary Of Defense
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
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