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DHS Cyber R&D Chief Outlines Challenging Areas of Strategic Vision

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

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Broadening international engagement, more usable cyber security products, and secure mobile computing are among some of the hardest areas that the research and development branch of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is addressing, says the head of the cyber division within the branch.In addition to these challenging focus areas, a number of other difficult areas of focus for the Cyber Security Division of the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate are also “trying to execute” include secure software, support for…

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