FY2021 FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY R&D STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP
• Education and Workforce Development: Programs in cybersecurity education, training, and
professional development to sustain cybersecurity innovations by the national workforce.
Listed in the FY2021 roadmap Table 1 below are projects and programs that Federal agencies are planning
or implementing in fiscal years 2020, 2021, and possibly beyond, to meet the objectives of the 2019
Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Strategic Plan. Emphasis is given to advancing and
securing the IotF, specifically as it pertains to AI, QIS, and the advanced communications networking
(including fifth-generation/5G) technologies of the Trustworthy Distributed Digital Infrastructure.
The Plan provides priorities for cybersecurity R&D in alignment with the National Institute of Standards
and Technology Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, 4 which provides
guidance on managing and reducing cybersecurity risks confronted by businesses and organizations.
The programs and projects listed in the FY2021 roadmap table represent key agency R&D activities, but
the table is not an exhaustive listing of projects. For example, the National Science Foundation’s Secure
and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program is comprised of some 900 active individual grants to hundreds of
researchers and their academic institutions. Also, programs and projects in the table vary substantially
in their size and amount of funding. Programs are listed in alphabetical order by agency. Names of
specific programs use title case, whereas descriptions of types of programs use sentence case.
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https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/CSWP/NIST.CSWP.04162018.pdf
APPENDIX TO THE NITRD SUPPLEMENT TO THE PRESIDENT’S FY2021 BUDGET