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Federal cyber security and information assurance
R&D managers should reassess the Nation’s
5.2 Focus on threats with the greatest potential impact
5.3 Make cyber security and information assurance R&D both an individual agency and an interagency budget priority
Findings and Recommendations Strategic interagency R&D is needed to strengthen the cyber security and information assurance of the Nation’s IT infrastructure. Planning and conducting such R&D will require concerted Federal activities on several fronts as well as collaboration with the private sector. The specifics of the strategy proposed in this Plan are articulated in a set of findings and recommendations. Presented in greater detail in the report, these findings and recommendations are summarized as follows:
Target Federal R&D investments to strategic cyber security and information assurance needs Federal cyber security and information assurance R&D managers should reassess the Nation’s strategic and longer-term cyber security and information assurance needs to ensure that Federal R&D addresses those needs and complements areas in which the private sector is productively engaged.