advancing cybersecurity through science

The National Security Agency Research Directorate sponsors the Science of Security Initiative to promote foundational cybersecurity science that is needed to mature the cybersecurity discipline and to underpin advances in cyberdefense. The SoS initiative works in several ways. 1. Engage the academic community for foundational research, 2. Promote rigorous scientific principles, and 3. grow the SoS community. The SoS Virtual Organization is the SoS’s initiative online home.

Research
promoting foundational cybersecurity science needed to mature the cybersecurity discipline and advance cyberdefense
HotSoS
providing a focal point for security science related work and facilitating collaborative community to advance security science
Competitions
sponsoring engaging competitions and rewarding demonstrated excellence in the cybersecurity community

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  • 10/13/2024 – 10/16/2024

    2024 International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT)

    "The International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT) is a unique technical conference sitting at the intersection of hardware and software, with a special emphasis on parallelism.
  • 10/14/2024 – 10/18/2024

    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2024

    "The ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) is the flagship annual conference of the Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
  • 10/14/2024 – 10/18/2024

    ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys)

    "The ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys) is the premier international forum for the presentation of new research results, systems and techniques in the broad field of recommender systems.
  • 10/15/2024 – 10/15/2024

    SecureWorld New York City

    "Join your fellow InfoSec professionals for high-quality training and collaboration, whether virtual or in-person. Earn 6-18 CPE credits through 20-40 educational elements, learning from nationally recognized industry leaders.