The National Security Agency held the first Science of Security (SoS) Community Meeting on November 29-30, 2012 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
Over 150 leaders from government, industry, and the academic community met to discuss new and ongoing programs in security science being pursued by U.S. government research sponsors, and an exciting new Cybersecurity Research Institute recently established in the U.K. The presentations included work in a broad range of disciplines including mathematics, computer science, behavioral science, economics, physics, and biology. The meeting introduced a new Science of Security Virtual Organization website designed to promote research collaboration and community development. NSA's Director of Research concluded the meeting with the announcement of a Cybersecurity Science Paper Competition.
PROGRAM AGENDA
| Thursday, November 29 | |
| 0730 - 1700 | Registration |
| 1200 - 1300 | Box Lunch Pickup |
| 1300 - 1700 | Science of Security Virtual Organization Help Desk |
| 1300 - 1400 | NSA Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| Part 1 — Opening Keynote | |
| How Does Science Advance? Peter Galison (Harvard University) |
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| 1400 - 1430 | Break |
| Part 2: Research Initiatives in Security Science (Session A) | |
| 1430 - 1500 | New UK Multi-University, Multi-Disciplinary Virtual Research Institute on “Science of Cybersecurity” Angela Sasse (University College London) |
| 1500 - 1530 | New AFOSR Basic Research Initiative on "Cyber Trust and Suspicion" Eunice Santos (University of Texas, El Paso) |
| 1530 - 1600 | Tools for Recognizing Useful Signals of Trustworthiness (TRUST) Adam Russell (IARPA) |
| 1600 - 1630 | Break |
| Part 2: Research Initiatives in Security Science (Session B) | |
| 1630 - 1645 | NSF: Frontier: Beyond Technical Security: Developing An Empirical Basis for Socio-Economic Perspectives Jeremy Epstein |
| 1645 - 1715 | DARPA: Overview of Current DARPA Programs that Address Scientific Foundations for Cybersecurity Howard Shrobe (DARPA) |
| 1715 - 1730 | ARL: Science of Cybersecurity from an ARL Perspective Robert Erbacher (ARL) |
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1730 - 1800 |
AFOSR: Science of Security MURI Overview Andre Scedrov (U Penn) |
| 1800 - 2000 | Poster Session for Science of Security Related Projects and Reception (Cherry Blossom Ballroom Atrium) |
| Friday, November 30 | |
| 0730 - 0830 | Continental Breakfast |
| 0730 - 1500 | Registration |
| Part 3. Security Science Perspectives | |
| 0900 - 0945 | Historical Perspective – Where Are We and How Did We Get Here? Fred B. Schneider (Cornell University) |
| 0945 - 1030 | Panel Discussion - Industry Perspectives: What Industry Problems Motivate Research on Scientific Foundations? Jay Lala (Raytheon), Phil Venables (Goldman-Sachs) and Bret Hartman (Cisco) |
| 1030 - 1100 | Break |
| Part 4: Organizing Security Science | |
| 1100 - 1145 | Panel Discussion - Science of Security Lablets Propose A Hard Problems Structure That Can Be Used to Organize Their Current and Potentially Future Research David Nicol (UIUC), William Sanders (UIUC), William Scherlis (CMU), Laurie Williams (NCSU) |
| 1145 - 1230 | Reaction to the Panel Discussion Proposal Joshua Guttman (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Group Discussion - Questions for discussion include:
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| 1230 - 1300 | Box Lunch Pickup Reassemble in Cherry Blossom Ballroom |
| 1300 - 1330 | (Working Lunch) Introduction of the Science of Security Virtual Organization Website and Invitation to Participate Janos Sztipanovits (Vanderbilt University) |
| Part 5 - Closing Address | |
| 1330 - 1430 | Significance of Science in NSA Research, and Scientific Needs for Defense of Cyberspace Dr. Michael Wertheimer (National Security Agency) |
| 1430 - 1445 | Break |
| 1445 - 1530 | SoS Community Meeting Summarization, Critique, and Reactions George Cybenko (Dartmouth) and Dusko Pavlovic (Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London) Moderator: Patrick Lincoln (SRI) Audience Discussion |
| 1530 | Meeting Adjourned |
ORGANIZATION
Program Committee
Stuart Krohn, NSA
Carl Landwehr, GWU
Heather Lucas, NSA
Brad Martin, NSA
Ralph Wachter, NSF
Organizers
Katie Dey, Vanderbilt University
Anne Dyson, Vanderbilt University
Frankie King, Vanderbilt University