White House Unveils Cybersecurity R&D Plan

The White House has issued a strategic plan that defines a set of interrelated priorities for federal agencies that conduct or sponsor research and development in cybersecurity.
The Trustworthy Cyberspace: Strategic Plan for the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Program fulfills one of President Obama's cybersecurity goals outlined in his May 2009 White House speech when he declared cybersecurity a major administration priority (see The President's 10-Point Cybersecurity Action Plan).
It replaces the piecemeal approaches of the past with a set of coordinated research priorities that promises to "change the game," resulting in a trustworthy cyberspace, said John Holdren, assistant to the president for science and technology. "This plan identifies opportunities to engage the private sector in activities for transitioning promising R&D into practice," Holdren wrote in the introduction of the report. "It prioritizes the development of a 'science of security' to derive first principles and the fundamental building blocks of security and trustworthiness."
The strategic plan's authors say the R&D program promotes three main principles: that research must be aimed at underlying cybersecurity deficiencies and focused on root causes of vulnerabilities; the plan must channel expertise and resources from a wide range of disciplines and sectors; and the initiative must be able to adapt to changes in technologies and in the threat environment.

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