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
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HotSoS
providing a focal point for security science related work and facilitating collaborative community to advance security science
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Competitions
sponsoring engaging competitions and rewarding demonstrated excellence in the cybersecurity community
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  • 03/19/2024 – 03/21/2024

    AI in Automotive Cybersecurity USA 2024 Conference

    "As the application of AI in automotive gains momentum, and threat actors become more intelligent, it’s never been more important to prepare for emerging cybersecurity threats as well as understand the risks and opportunities that AI presents.
  • 03/20/2024 – 03/20/2024

    Rosemont/Chicago Cybersecurity Summit

    "The Inaugural Rosemont/Chicago Cybersecurity Summit connects C-Suite & Senior Executives responsible for protecting their companies’ critical infrastructures with innovative solution providers and renowned information security e
  • 03/20/2024 – 03/20/2024

    Shift Up Summit

    "Cybersecurity is evolving into cyber risk management. It is, therefore, crucial that CISOs, the C-suite, the board, and the markets are able to shift up and communicate with each other in a common language.
  • 03/24/2024 – 03/27/2024

    2024 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE)

    "The DATE conference is the main European event bringing together designers and design automation users, researchers and vendors as well as specialists in the hardware and software design, test and manufacturing of electronic circuits and systems