New report highlights NSF-funded cybersecurity research and education. Today, NSF invests nearly $160 million each year in interdisciplinary research, education, and workforce development help protect national and personal security. This support helps scientists develop the tools, training, and people that will keep the nation safe and maintain online privacy.
Cybersecurity is one of the defining issues of our time. Can we keep our networks, devices, and critical systems open, safe, and secure, while maintaining personal privacy? How do we develop tomorrow’s cybersecurity solutions?
Fundamental research plays a key part. Cutting-edge, National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported social and technical cybersecurity research — as well as education and workforce development programs — are critical for protecting national and personal security.
In celebration of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, NSF launched a special report: Cybersecurity: Tech, Tools and Training to Secure the Future.
NSF says ithas supported fundamental research in computer security for more than forty years. From cryptography and network security to spam prevention and phishing detection tools, NSF “funds research that makes the Internet a place where billions of people work, communicate, and conduct business,” the foundation says.
Today, NSF invests nearly $160 million each year in research, education, and workforce development at labs, centers, and universities across the United States. This support helps scientists develop the tools, training, and people that will keep the nation safe and maintain online privacy.
In the special report, we look back at seminal technologies like public-key encryption and software debuggers, created by NSF-funded researchers, that are the basis for today’s cyber-protection.
We also look forward to explore the future of encryption; new ways of securing medical devices and automobiles; and new types of experimental infrastructure required to create solutions that are unbreakable by design.
It is increasingly clear that cybersecurity is not just a technical problem—people play a critical role. By studying the online behavior, social dynamics, and economics of individuals, hackers and adversaries, and by training cybersecurity experts capable of combating emerging threats, NSF supports the human side of cybersecurity.
The special report looks at innovate research into the behaviors of insider threats and how hackers communicate, as well as efforts such asCyberCorps: Scholarship for Service which trains thousands of cybersecurity experts each year.
Explore examples of these NSF-funded projects and more in the cybersecurity special report.
