{"66210":{"#nid":"66210","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute Leads $10 M Open Source Initiative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S\u0026amp;T) Directorate has named the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) to lead implementation efforts for the five-year, $10 million Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST) program.  The HOST program will investigate open source and open cyber security methods, models and technologies, and identify viable and sustainable approaches that support national cyber security objectives.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The strategic objective of the HOST program is to lead efforts of discovery and collaboration, seeding development in open source software and practices that produce a measurable impact for government cyber security systems,\u0022 said Joshua Davis, associate division head at GTRI\u0027s Cyber Technology and Information Security Laboratory and principal investigator for the HOST program.  \u0022The collaborative nature of open source and open technologies provide unique technical and economic value and opportunities for government users.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOpen technologies are not a panacea for all challenges, Davis added.  HOST will reach out to government, industry, academic and open source community representatives to learn where and how open technologies have been successfully adopted within public and private systems and where the challenges still remain.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As we go, we are sharing this information across government agencies and helping to build networks of users, service and support providers and policy influencers, and providing a venue to enable them to discuss, share and learn from collective experiences,\u0022 Davis said.  \u0022The collective is what gives open source its strength.  We are simply applying this successful strategy to address government cyber security challenges.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI is leading HOST efforts in conjunction with the Open Technology Research Consortium (OTRC), a collaborative network of leading academic research institutions, industry partners and open source community organizations that work to promote the advancement of open source software adoption within government agencies. OTRC members participating in the HOST program include: Georgia Tech Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin, the Open Information Security Foundation and the Open Source Software Institute.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESecuring the nation\u0027s cyber networks and protecting critical infrastructures is a primary focus of the Department of Homeland Security.  To accomplish this, DHS seeks to drive innovation and promote the adoption of cyber security technologies, techniques and procedures that produce safe, secure and resilient cyber systems for federal, state, local, tribal and territorial government agencies.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWithin DHS, the Science and Technology Directorate is responsible for sponsoring advanced research activities and leading the development of collaborative working relationships to exchange ideas and technical resources between the public and private-sector environments. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditional information on the HOST program will be made available through the DHS HOST website (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cyber.st.dhs.gov\/host.html\u0022 title=\u0022www.cyber.st.dhs.gov\/host.html\u0022\u003Ewww.cyber.st.dhs.gov\/host.html\u003C\/a\u003E) and through a publicly accessible informational portal to be launched this summer. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 314\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAtlanta, GA  30308 USA\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Kirk Englehardt (404-407-7280)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S\u0026amp;T) Directorate has named the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) to lead implementation efforts for the five-year, $10 million Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST) program.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTRI researchers are leading a new open source software initiative."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2011-05-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:45","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66211":{"id":"66211","type":"image","title":"Joshua Davis","body":null,"created":"1449176931","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:51","changed":"1475894589","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:09"}},"media_ids":["66211"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13168","name":"Department of Homeland Security"},{"id":"13167","name":"DHS"},{"id":"416","name":"GTRI"},{"id":"13166","name":"Joshua Davis"},{"id":"5155","name":"open source"},{"id":"13165","name":"open source software"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jt7\u0022\u003EContact John Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-6986\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}