Today, as technologies, services, data, and people interact in ever more complex ways, the potential danger from cyber threats has moved beyond traditional networks and computer systems. As we saw during the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attacks and the SolarWinds hack, a cyberattack against our nation's critical infrastructure (CI) can have devastating impacts across one or more of the 16 CI sectors and produce cascading disruptions that impact multiple sub-sectors. Determined adversaries consistently find innovative methods to exploit vulnerabilities. To stay ahead, we need a rapid, streamlined way to develop, test, and utilize cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions.
To address this need, the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are partnering to develop CISA's Cybersecurity Laboratory. The lab is a secure multi-cloud environment that will promote research, collaboration, and testing of cyber-related tradecraft, tools, and datasets. When it is fully realized, its capabilities will expand beyond cyber-focused missions to include a wider range of infrastructure security threats and assessments, and will facilitate engagement with relevant user groups, including industry and academia.
For CISA, the lab will leverage artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) models, and other advanced data analytics to provide greater situational awareness to inform decision-making regarding the nation's cybersecurity threats. This environment will develop and test new tools, algorithms, and capabilities in a safe and secure virtual space while managing privacy requirements for protecting data.
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