The Technology Promotion and Protection Decision Tool: Introduction and User Manual

Abstract

The U.S. government has developed hundreds of approaches to promote and protect critical technologies and their associated industrial base, and the sheer number and diversity of these programs, policies, and initiatives approaches present a logistical challenge for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Upon discovering a risk or vulnerability to a critical technology, DoD must be able to quickly and effectively determine those relevant approaches that can mitigate the risk, and their related implementation considerations. To assist DoD in this approach selection, the authors of this report developed a selection framework that (1) identifies relevant approaches based on features of the technology and strategy, (2) provides details on approach implementation considerations, and (3) is instantiated by an interactive tool for use by government entities to inform approach decisionmaking. In this report, they describe the selection framework and provide supporting documentation for the associated tool.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 2023
Accession Number
AD1192216

Entities

People

  • Anthony Lawrence
  • Christy Foran
  • Cortney Weinbaum
  • Elizabeth H. Roer
  • Jim Mignano
  • Keller Scholl
  • Lauren A. Mayer
  • Mark V. Arena
  • Peter Whitehead
  • Richard Silberglitt
  • Shane Manuel

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Congress
  • Databases
  • Distributed Ledger
  • Economic Development
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Quantum Computing
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Supply Chain
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies