DHS creating cyber R & D center
Source: Federal Computer Week
By Judi Hasson
Date: May 15, 2003
The Homeland Security Department is creating a research and development center to coordinate cybersecurity efforts across civilian and defense agencies, universities, and the private sector, a top official told Congress today.
Charles McQueary, the new under secretary for DHS' Science and Technology Directorate, told the House Science Committee that the center will make sure cybersecurity research and resources are effectively used. McQueary was one of four top officials testifying about cybersecurity and the need to ratchet up U.S. defenses against a new kind of warfare.
"Too many people are much too casual about it," said committee chairman Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.).
In an effort to help develop state-of-the-art and low-cost technology to prevent cyberterrorism, the DHS center will partner with the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, two federal agencies that deal with R & D, as well as with academic institutions and private corporations.
"We see this as critical to coordinate the resources and efforts across the government R & D community to accelerate technical capabilities that address DHS priorities," McQueary said.
McQueary said the center would develop strategic programs to deal with "specific gaps in U.S. cybersecurity capabilities."
"The center will foster national and international cooperation in creating a robust and defensible cyber infrastructure," he said. Full story
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