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

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 17th, 2016

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

Doug Maughan, director of the Cyber Security Division of DHS S&T. Photo: DHS

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, the head of the cyber division within the branch said on Wednesday.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,…

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