Interdisciplinary Expeditionary Cyber Research
Abstract
Program Abstract The challenge of cybersecurity where the nation’s marines and soldiers are in close proximity and contact with adversaries, is a growing and important threat and opportunity. Research and development in cybersecurity against these threats, and in systems and software with which to exploit and disrupt adversaries’ command, control, communications and computer (C4) systems, is necessary if the US is to address the growing cyber challenge to our expeditionary forces. This cyber domain at the tactical edge is termed Expeditionary Cyber; as a newly considered domain, the scope and definition of Expeditionary Cyber will evolve, yet it will remain the cyber domain with the closest direct connection to saving American lives, improving mission outcomes, and minimizing collateral damage including innocent civilian casualties. The proposed two-year research program will begin to address the Expeditionary Cyber challenge. Six projects will be executed on research into important enabling science and engineering that could yield valuable technological capabilities for Expeditionary Cyber. These projects bridge cyber space and physical space. Indeed, this is a hallmark of Expeditionary Cyber, the interlinking of these two spaces, and is juxtaposed to the “Cloud”, in which physical location is largely irrelevant by design. Projects address research into the physical localization of cyber assets, the use of visible light networks, sensing, computation and communication within networks of unmanned aerial system, elastic and software-defined networks and power efficient hardware, a key challenge for success in the Expeditionary Cyber realm. As part of the program, a one-day workshop will be organized and held at the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security at Northeastern University. Academic, government and industry organizations active in the fields that contribute to the Expeditionary Cyber challenge will meet, discuss progress, and develop a point-in-time picture of the challenge and future research needed to make progress against this challenge.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 04, 2017
- Source ID
- N000141712046
Entities
People
- David Luzzi
Organizations
- Northeastern University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy