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  • Berkeley Browser Study
    International Computer Science Institute and the University of California Berkeley are researching web browser messages.  They are working to make them less confusing.  The Firefox extension prompts surveys on triggered events.  …
  • Cybersecurity Experimentation of the Future
    The Cybersecurity Experimentation of the Future (CEF) is a community study to determine what infrastructures are needed to have the scientific experimental results for science.  The primary result of this effort will be a Strategic Plan for…
  • The Deter Project
    The Deter Project is a research project and a cyber experimental testbed.  It has the goal of  allowing for repeatable, scalable and scientifically verifiable experimentation -- for homeland security and critical infrastructure protection…
  • ISEF Winners Announced for NSA Research Directorate Award
    The 2015 NSA Research Directorate Award was presented to three research projects at the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair on May 14th, 2015. The NSA Research Award at ISEF recognizes outstanding scientific accomplishment in…
  • NSA Research Directorate Special Award Organization at Intel Science & Engineering Fair
    The National Security Agency Research Directorate is sponsoring a special award at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Science of Security.  The award is to recognize high school students who's research reflect the principles…
  • Microsoft Ending Patch Tuesday
    With the release of windows 10, Microsoft will be ending the monthly patch release schedule. The  new version will support more security patches being released more quickly. Microsoft is releasing tools to help corporate users.   http://www.…
  • Interest in Cybersecurity Science & Research Heats Up
    UIUC Lablet hosted HotSoS 2015 on April 21-22 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign National Center for Supercomputing Applications.  Interest in Cybersecurity Science and Resarch were hot topics at this Symposium and Bootcamp on the…
  • DARPA Releases BAA for Brandeis
    DARPA annouced the BAA (request for proposals) for their Brandeis Initiative.  Brandeis is a privacy centered initiative that works on foundation privacy research. One aspect is developing methods for a consumer to choose and technology enforce…
  • NSA Research Director Discusses Science of Security
    In the March issue of Signal Magazine, NSA Research Director, Dr. Deborah A. Frincke, discusses three important research areas for NSA Research.  Within one of these priorities is the Science of Security.  http://www.afcea.org/content/?q=node/…
  • SecUrity and REsilience for Cyber-Physical Systems (SURE) Review
    On March 17 and 18, 2015, researchers from the four System Science of SecUrity and REsilience for Cyber-Physical Systems (SURE) project universities (Vanderbilt, Hawaii, California-Berkeley, and MIT) met with members of NSA's R2 Directorate to review…
  • New Report on Measuring Computer and Security Expertise
    Researchers at Indiana University released a technical report that contributes to the Science of Security by providing instruments to measure computer and security expertise of participants. They also provide the rationale for developing the measuring…