ABSTRACT
The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) supports research in technologies, new capabilities, and threat and risk assessments for the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Cyber Security Division (CSD) focuses on applied research and development (R&D), test, evaluation, and transition for technologies to support civilian federal, state, and local governments and private sector unclassified needs to protect the cyber infrastructure. The DHS CSD creates and deploys information resources, standards, frameworks, tools, and technologies enabling seamless and secure interactions among homeland security stakeholders through a practitioner-driven approach. DHS has several talent development programs in place along with conducting research on talent development methods. The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) calls for the development of adequate training and education programs to support cybersecurity needs. The US Cyber Challenge (USCC) seeks to create a pipeline through which talented youth will be discovered, guided, and enabled to progress toward careers as technical cybersecurity experts.
