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NSF & Congress
Hearing Summary - Dr. Jeannette Wing Testifies Before House Committee on Science and Technology; Subcommittee on Technology & Subcommittee on Research and Science Education
June 16, 2009
On June 16, 2009, the House Science and Technology Committee Subcommittees on Technology and Innovation and Research and Science Education heard testimony from Dr. Jeannette M. Wing, the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Assistant Director for Computer & Information Science & Engineering Directorate (CISE). The purpose of the hearing, titled "Agency Response to Cyberspace Policy Review," was to review findings and recommendations on cyber security.
The House Science and Technology Committee Subcommittees on Technology and Innovation and Research and Science Education held the second of three hearings on cyber security research and development. The subcommittees heard testimony from representatives of four federal agencies responsible for funding research in cyber security: Dr. Jeannette Wing, Assistant Director of the Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF), Ms. Cita Furlani, Director of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Dr. Robert Leheny, Acting Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and Dr. Peter Fonash, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cyber Security Communications at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The written statements of each witness can be found here. http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2490
The witnesses explained in their testimonies their agencies’ responses to the findings and recommendations in the Administration’s 60-day Cyberspace Policy Review. Among suggestions given by the National Science Foundation were developing strong fundamental cyber security research and education, building a strong relationship between academia, industry and government and making certain that academia is solving the problems of the future, not just those of the present. Other ideas proposed by the witnesses were developing infrastructure and cyber security standards, creating a self-forming, self-repairing, secure and versatile wireless network for military use, protecting satellite-based global technology, coordinating with counterparts in other organizations, starting a national campaign for cyber security awareness and workforce development, and sharing a highly organized and unified response to cyber attacks.
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