DHS Offers $40M For Top Cybersecurity Research

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday January 31, 2011 @04:00AM from the piece-of-the-pie dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "The US Department of Homeland Security issued a call for proposals this week in a $40m program to encourage research and development in a wide range of topics related to cybersecurity: from designing more resilient software, to alternatives to passwords and CAPTCHA technology to prevent automated attacks. DHS laid out its areas of interest in a Broad Agency Announcement dated January 26. In it, the domestic security agency said it was soliciting papers and proposals centered on 14 different topic areas. At stake is $40m in federal funding for research and development, with individual grants ranging up to $3 million. DHS's areas of interest include software assurance, enterprise security metrics, usable security, as well as the challenges posed by insider threats."

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another smartass response by FuckingNickName · 2011-01-31 05:03 · Score: 3, Insightful

The biggest vulnerability facing modern society is the cooperation of corporation and government. Entry points include the system of lobbying and the highly paid private consultant who used to work with and can whisper the right words to people in government.
I anticipate that tackling this problem will return approx. $1 trillion over the next decade. I believe my advice is worth at least $40 million, which I am willing to share with the first 39 people to reply to this post.