Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST) Program to last 5 years
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has been charged by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with leading a 5-year, $10M program aimed at using open source technologies to strengthen government cybersecurity.
The Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST) program will reach out to government, industry, education and open source communities to learn about successful uses of open source technology for securityand to identify gaps.
GTRI will partner with the Open Technology Research Consortium, a network of research institutions, vendors and open source communities that work to advance open source technology’s use within government agencies. OTRC members involved with the HOST program include the University of Texas at Austin and the Open Source Software Institute.
The HOST effort will go forth as the U.S. government seeks to bolster not just its own cybersecurity practices but those of governments around the world. Last week the White House aired the International Strategy for Cyberspace, which lays out seven basic goals for making the Internet more reliable and safer.
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