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Cyber

GAO Identifies Challenges To Improving Federal Cyber R&D

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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker The federal government has extensive programs and policies in place related to federal research and development (R&D) on cybersecurity, but there are six key impediments to improving cybersecurity R&D at the federal level, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report. The challenges include the lack of a prioritized national cybersecurity R&D agenda, lack of leadership for improving federal cybersecurity R&D efforts, lack of a process for sharing information on key R&D initiatives between the…

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