Notice2023-02578
Request for Information on the 2023 Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Strategic Plan
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Published
February 7, 2023
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National Science Foundation
Abstract
Pursuant to the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014, Federal agencies must update the Federal cybersecurity research and development (R&D) strategic plan every four years. The NITRD NCO seeks public input for the 2023 update of the Federal cybersecurity R&D strategic plan. The updated plan will be used to guide and coordinate federally funded research in cybersecurity, including cybersecurity education and workforce development, and the development of consensus-based standards and best practices in cybersecurity.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7999-8000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02578]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Request for Information on the 2023 Federal Cybersecurity
Research and Development Strategic Plan
AGENCY: Networking and Information Technology Research and Development
(NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO), National Science Foundation
(NSF).
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014, Federal
agencies must update the Federal cybersecurity research and development
(R&D) strategic plan every four years. The NITRD NCO seeks public input
for the 2023 update of the Federal cybersecurity R&D strategic plan.
The updated plan will be used to guide and coordinate federally funded
research in cybersecurity, including cybersecurity education and
workforce development, and the development of consensus-based standards
and best practices in cybersecurity.
DATES: To be considered, submissions must be received on or before
11:59 p.m. (ET) on March 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submissions to this notice may be sent by any of the
following methods:
(a) Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#23405a41465150464056514a575a634d4a5751470d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ae9f3e8eff8f9efe9fff8e3fef3cae4e3fef8eea4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>. Email submissions should be
machine-readable and not be copy-protected. Submissions should include
``RFI Response: Federal Cybersecurity R&D Strategic Plan'' in the
subject line of the message.
(b) Fax: 202-459-9673, Attn: Tomas Vagoun.
(c) Mail: NCO/NITRD, Attn: Tomas Vagoun, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue,
Alexandria, VA 22314, USA.
Instructions: Response to this RFI is voluntary. Submissions must
not exceed 25 pages in 12-point or larger font, with a page number
provided on each page. Responses should include the name of the
person(s) or organization(s) providing the submission.
Responses to this RFI may be posted online at <a href="https://www.nitrd.gov">https://www.nitrd.gov</a>. Therefore, we request that no business-proprietary
information, copyrighted information, or personally identifiable
information be submitted in response to this RFI.
In accordance with FAR 15.202(3), responses to this notice are not
offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a
binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses
associated with responding to this RFI.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tomas Vagoun at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c4a7bda6a1b6b7a1a7b1b6adb0bd84aaadb0b6a0eaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="096a706b6c7b7a6c6a7c7b607d704967607d7b6d276e667f">[email protected]</span></a> or 202-459-9674, or by mailing to NCO/NITRD,
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA. Individuals who use
a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014
(<a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-113publ274/pdf/PLAW-113publ274.pdf">https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-113publ274/pdf/PLAW-113publ274.pdf</a>)
requires that every four years the applicable Federal agencies, working
through the National Science and Technology Council and the Networking
and Information Technology R&D (NITRD) program, develop and update a
Federal cybersecurity research and development strategic plan. The most
recent version of the strategic plan was released in December 2019
(<a href="https://www.nitrd.gov/pubs/Federal-Cybersecurity-RD-Strategic-Plan-2019.pdf">https://www.nitrd.gov/pubs/Federal-Cybersecurity-RD-Strategic-Plan-2019.pdf</a>).
On behalf of Federal agencies and the NITRD Cyber Security and
Information Assurance Interagency Working Group, the NCO for NITRD
seeks public input on Federal priorities in cybersecurity R&D.
Responders should consider a 10-year time frame when characterizing the
challenges, prospective research activities, and desired outcomes.
Responders are asked to answer one or more of the following questions:
1. What new innovations have the potential to greatly enhance the
security, reliability, resiliency, trustworthiness, and privacy
protections of the digital ecosystem (including but not limited to
data, computing, networks, cyber-physical systems, and participating
entities such as people and organizations)?
2. Are there mature solutions in the marketplace that address the
deficiencies raised in the 2019 Strategic Plan? What areas of research
or topics of the 2019 Strategic Plan no longer need to be prioritized
for federally funded basic and applied research?
3. What areas of research or topics of the 2019 Strategic Plan
should continue to be a priority for federally funded research and
require continued Federal R&D investments?
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4. What objectives not included in the 2019 Strategic Plan should
be strategic priorities for federally funded R&D in cybersecurity?
Discuss the challenges, desired capabilities and outcomes, and
objectives that should guide research to achieve the desired
capabilities, and why those capabilities and outcomes should be
strategic priorities for federally funded R&D.
5. What other scientific, technological, economic, legal, or
societal changes and developments occurring now or in the foreseeable
future have the potential to significantly disrupt our abilities to
secure the digital ecosystem and make it resilient? Discuss what
federally funded R&D could improve the understanding of such
developments and improve the capabilities needed to mitigate against
such disruptions.
6. What further advancements to cybersecurity education and
workforce development, at all levels of education, should be considered
to prepare students, faculty, and the workforce in the next decade for
emerging cybersecurity challenges, such as the implications of
artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and the Internet of Things
on cybersecurity?
7. What other research and development strategies, plans, or
activities, domestic or in other countries, should inform the U.S.
Federal cybersecurity R&D strategic plan?
Following the receipt of comments, the NITRD Cyber Security and
Information Assurance Interagency Working will consider the input
provided when updating the Federal cybersecurity R&D strategic plan.
Submitted by the National Science Foundation in support of the
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD)
National Coordination Office (NCO) on February 1, 2023.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1861.)
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2023-02578 Filed 2-6-23; 8:45 am]
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