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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  • 02/03/2025 – 02/05/2025

    2025 Conference on Artificial Intelligence x Multimedia (AIxMM)

    "Artificial Intelligence x Multimedia (AIxMM) is an international forum for academia and industries to exchange visions and ideas in the state of the art and practice, as well as to identify the emerging topics and define the synergy between the
  • 02/05/2025 – 02/07/2025

    4th IEEE International Conference on AI in Cybersecurity (ICAIC)

    "The main objective of ICAIC'2025 is to present the research from Application of AI in of Healthcare, Business, Management, Environmental Science, and Cybersecurity.
  • 03/26/2025 – 03/28/2025

    2025 IEEE Green Technologies Conference (GreenTech)

    "The annual IEEE Green Technologies Conference was conceived by IEEE Region 5 in 2008 to address the challenges of securing energy needs for the future.
  • 03/31/2025 – 04/02/2025

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    Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference | The European Event for Electronic System Design & Test 31 March - 2 April 2025 | Lyon, France