Cybersecurity

digital representation of a cyber lock Securing and protecting our nation’s cyber networks is a key priority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

To defend and counter increasingly sophisticated attacks on U.S. cyber infrastructure, the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) executes cybersecurity research and development in information technology and the systems that monitor the nation’s critical information framework.

S&T supports DHS components such as CISA, FBI, ICE, DoJ, FEMA, USCG and others with emerging technologies to enhance the resilience of our critical information infrastructure and the internet, including:

Cyber Data Analytics
Machine Learning
Malware Analysis
Software Assurance
Mobility

DHS S&T works to strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity with the latest and best innovations by partnering with the private sector to include small businesses, international partners, law enforcement and other first responders, industry and academic groups to develop advanced critical infrastructure and cyber capabilities.

There are continuous efforts underway to develop new capabilities, including CyLab, a joint initiative between CISA and S&T to create an advanced analytics, multi-cloud environment that will facilitate secure strategic and critical cybersecurity problem solving as early as 2024.

CSD R&D Life Cycle. Pre-R&D. Workshops. Solicitations. Continuous customer engagement, R&D Program Execution. Post R&D Experiment. Tech Transfer.