[1] The I3P coordinates and funds cyber security research related to critical infrastructure protection and hosts high impact workshops that bring together leaders from both the public and private sectors.
Since its founding in 2002,[4] more than 100 researchers from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds have worked together to understand better and mitigate critical risks in the field of cyber security.
The first study, published in 1998 by the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), recommended that a nongovernmental organization be formed to address national cyber security issues.
[7] The I3P has partnered with the Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) on an educational project, “Cybersecurity in Healthcare Industry: Curriculum Adaptation and Implementation.” Funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program, the goal of the project is to produce well-qualified technicians to serve the healthcare information technology needs of rural northern New England.
This effort, funded by the United States Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, aims to explore what makes and sustains a good CSIRT.
The results will be used to understand how key usable security problems were addressed, to teach developers about solutions, and to enable other researchers to perform comparative studies.
[8] This project brings a behavioral-sciences lens to security, examining the interface between human beings and computers through a set of rigorous empirical studies.
The researchers have undertaken a systematic analysis of insider threat, one that addresses technical challenges but also takes into account ethical, legal, and economic dimensions.
The report reflects the finding of three forums hosted by the I3P in 2008[16][17] that brought together high-level experts from industry, government and academia to identify R&D opportunities that would advance cyber security research in the next five to 10 years.
The workshops encompass a range of topics, some directly related to I3P research projects; others that are intended to bring the right people together to probe a particularly difficult foundational challenge, such as security systems engineering or workforce development.