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DHS Offers $40M For Top Cybersecurity Research

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Re:Setting an achor? by egamma · · Score: 3, Informative

    [From the summary]DHS's areas of interest include software assurance, enterprise security metrics, usable security, as well as the challenges posed by insider threats

    Call me naive but is sounds to me like DHS wants to stick around a while. Or am I still too new here?

    What made you think the DHS was ever designed to be a temporary agency? It's a permanent restructuring of the government. Looks to me like they want to expand their scope--that's the "new" part.

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  2. Re:Nothing about developing "better" wiretapping t by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    hey look over there! see that nice distraction we set up for you?

    yes. it should be that obvious we are being played by our own gov. the ever expanding powers - "but its for your own good!"

    do not ever believe a word this kind of organization says. all things must be assumed to be lies unless you know, for sure, otherwise.

    governments have completely lost all our trust. we should know better (but we seem not to).

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  3. another smartass response by FuckingNickName · · 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.