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National Commission Recommends Boosting Cyber Security R&D By $4 Billion

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, December 5th, 2016

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National Commission Recommends Boosting Cyber Security R&D By $4 Billion

Federal civilian spending on cyber security research and development (R&D) should increase by about $4 billion over the next 10 years with a focus on creating systems with security built in, resiliency and ability to be defended, a presidential commission charged with cyber recommendations for the incoming administration says in its report.A “high priority” should “be given to efforts that will result in the use, integration, and deployment of affordable, inherently secure, privacy-protecting, usable, functional, resilient, recoverable, and defensible systems,”…

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