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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  • 05/12/2025 – 05/15/2025

    46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy

    "Since 1980, the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy has been the premier forum for presenting developments in computer security and electronic privacy, and for bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field.
  • 05/15/2025 – 05/16/2025

    2025 TCCOE Summit

    2025 Trusted Computing Center of Excellence (TCCOE) Summit
  • 06/03/2025 – 06/04/2025

    ICS/SCADA Cybersecurity Symposium

    As cyber threats against critical infrastructure systems continue to escalate in scale and sophistication, the ICS/SCADA Cybersecurity Symposium returns June 3–4, 2025, to equip operators, engineers, and cybersecurity
  • 06/03/2025 – 06/05/2025

    The Techno Security & Digital Forensics East Coast Conference

    "The Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference brand has grown into one of the most important resources for corporate network security professionals, federal, state and local law enforcement digital forensic specialists, and cybersecurit