2012 Moving Target Research Symposium

In December 2011, the White House, in cooperation with Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program released the report Trustworthy Cyberspace: Strategic Plan for the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Program. One of the research thrusts outlined in this plan was Moving Target (MT), research and development that results in the presentation of a dynamic attack surface to an adversary, increasing the work factor necessary to successfully attack and exploit a cyber target. Throughout the federal government, research related to MT has been funded since 2009, but there is no single venue where this work is presented and published. The Symposium on Moving Target Research intends to bring together and publish the work of the MT community to provide a basis for building on the current state of the art.

The central question of the symposium will be “is there scientific evidence to show that moving target techniques are a substantial improvement in the defense of cyber systems (a game changer),” including how to develop better measures of effectiveness and performance specific to moving target techniques.

This Symposium will take place at the Historic Inns of Annapolis, Annapolis, MD on June 11, 2012. A limited block of rooms will be available at the Historic Inns of Annapolis at the US Government rate for June 10-13, 2012.