TY - JOUR T1 - Managing Cybersecurity Research and Experimental Development: The REVO Approach JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Dan Craigen A1 - Drew Vandeth A1 - D’Arcy Walsh KW - cybersecurity KW - experimental development KW - performance indicators KW - research KW - research program lifecycle KW - research-activity descriptions KW - research-requirement statements KW - strategic research contexts AB - We present a systematic approach for managing a research and experimental development cybersecurity program that must be responsive to continuously evolving cybersecurity, and other, operational concerns. The approach will be of interest to research-program managers, academe, corporate leads, government leads, chief information officers, chief technology officers, and social and technology policy analysts. The approach is compatible with international standards and procedures published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS). The key benefits of the approach are the following: i) the breadth of the overall (cybersecurity) space is described; ii) depth statements about specific (cybersecurity) challenges are articulated and mapped to the breadth of the problem; iii) specific (cybersecurity) initiatives that have been resourced through funding or personnel are tracked and linked to specific challenges; and iv) progress is assessed through key performance indicators. Although we present examples from cybersecurity, the method may be transferred to other domains. We have found the approach to be rigorous yet adaptive to change; it challenges an organization to be explicit about the nature of its research and experimental development in a manner that fosters alignment with evolving business priorities, knowledge transfer, and partner engagement. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/705 IS - 7 U1 - Communications Security Establishment Canada Dan Craigen is a Science Advisor at the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). Previously, he was President of ORA Canada, a company that focused on High Assurance/Formal Methods and distributed its technology to over 60 countries. His research interests include formal methods, the science of cybersecurity, and technology transfer. He was the chair of two NATO research task groups pertaining to validation, verification, and certification of embedded systems and high-assurance technologies. He received his BScH in Math and his MSc in Math from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. U2 - IBM Systems Research Drew Vandeth is the Senior Research Strategist for the National Security Community and a Senior Researcher at IBM Systems Research. He is the founder of the Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing (TIMC) and was its first Deputy Director. His research interests include theoretical and computational number theory, contextual and cognitive computing, high performance computing architectures, autonomic and autonomous analytical systems, and research management. Dr. Vandeth holds a PhD in Number Theory from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, an MMath in Number Theory from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and a BMath (Hons) in Pure Mathematics, also from the University of Waterloo. U3 - Communications Security Establishment Canada D’Arcy Walsh is a Science Advisor at the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). His research interests include software-engineering methods and techniques that support the development and deployment of dynamic systems, including dynamic languages, dynamic configuration, context-aware systems, and autonomic and autonomous systems. He received his BAH from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, and he received his BCS, his MCS, and his PhD in Computer Science from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. ER -