This project is to sponsor a workshop on ?Cooperative Autonomous Resilient Defenses in Cyberspace (CyberCARD)? which is to be held in the DC metro area over the two days of January 27-28, 2011.
The outcome of this workshop is a report that outlines new research directions in the area of Cooperative Autonomous Resilient Defenses in Cyberspace. This report will become available on the web within two weeks after the conclusion of the workshop.
The workshop consists of four tracks that span all areas of defenses in cyberspace:
1. Trustworthy cyber-physical systems and infrastructures: to provide robust control and communications.
2. Pervasive monitoring and analytics: to provide self-awareness and situational-awareness, particularly in real time
3. Attack-resilient system operation: to provide continuous services even under persistent attacks
4. Cooperative autonomous cyberspace defense: to enable systems to work together cooperatively with shared understanding
. The workshop was held in January, 2011 in Arlington Virginia. The workshop was by invitation only and included experts from goernment, industry and academia. The program agenda included: three keynote speakers, 3 panel discussions, and 4 parallel sessions covering the foundational areas of CyberCARD. The outcome was a report from the subject matter experts on the state of the art in these areas, the research challenges and recommendation for addressing these chalenges. The attendees were unanymous on the critical need to develop cyber systems and infrastructures that are intrensically resilient and secure. The researhers potntially will build research programs following these recommendations. Our cyber-enabled systems and infrastructures are becoming ubiquitous for the safety and economic vitality of our society.We face a growing threat from advanced persistent attacks on our information systems and infrastructure where the advantage is currently is for the attacker over the defenders. The game needs to change towards giving the advantage to the defenders. Advances are needed in pervasive monitoring and analysis, resilient operations, coopeative defense and intrensically trustworthy systems and infrastructures. The report submitted to the NSF included the experts recommendations in all four areas.
