Security
issues related to cyber-safety are ever-changing and
have become
a major focus of the
United States government. National centers have
been created charged with addressing specific areas of
vulnerability. Below are links to some of the major
centers.
CERT
Focuses on internet security vulnerabilities through
research on long-term challenges in networked systems
and the development of information and training to help
improve security.
US Computer Emergency
Readiness Team
Established in 2003 to
protect the nation's Internet infrastructure, US-CERT
coordinates defense against and responses to cyber
attacks across the nation.
National Security Agency
(NSA)
The Information Assurance mission of the NSA
provides the solutions, products, and services, and conducts defensive
information operations, to achieve information assurance for information
infrastructures critical to U.S. national security interests.
National Cyber-Forensics
& Training
Alliance
The National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance
provides a neutral collaborative venue where critical confidential information
about cyber incidents can be shared discreetly, and where resources can be
shared among industry, academia and law enforcement.
Federal Plan for Cyber Security and Information
Assurance Research and Development
Safeguarding the Nation's
IT infrastructure and critical infrastructure sectors
for the future is a matter of national and homeland
security. This Plan focuses on interagency
research and development (R&D) priorities and is
intended to complement agency-specific prioritization
and R&D planning efforts in cyber security and
information assurance.
Committee on National
Security Systems
The CNSS provides a forum
for the discussion of policy issues, sets national
policy, and promulgates direction, operational
procedures, and guidance for the security of national
security systems.
National Coordination Office for Networking and
Information Technology Research and Development
The
NITRD agencies' goal is to increase the overall
effectiveness and productivity of Federal networking and information technology
R&D investments, leveraging strengths, avoiding duplication, and increasing
interoperability of R&D products through collaborative efforts .
Academic Centers focused on Cyber Security:
The Center for
Education and Research in Information Assurance and
Security (CERIAS)
National Science Foundation
NSF Center for
Systems Security and Information Assurance