Selected Topics in Infrastructure and Information Assurance (Panel)

Since 1994 and the explosive growth of the Internet, there has been a grow-ing awareness of the need for more research and development activities directed at protecting networked information systems and those critical national infras­tructures that are dependent up such systems. Within the U.S. this awareness sparked an increase in R& D planning activity and led to exploration of future R& D requirements. Viewpoints of Infrastructure amp Information Assurance R& D planning activities (both past and present) were presented and some of the fu­ture requirements and planning activities that are underway to address them were discussed. Mr. Mayfield presented various aspects of the U.S. Federal Govern­ment’s Infrastructure and Information Assurance R& D Program development. Topics included Infrastructure Assurance, High Confidence Systems, and Infor­mation Technology for the 21st Century. Further details of this presentation are included herein.