Cybersecurity | NSF – National Science Foundation

For decades, the U.S. National Science Foundation has funded research to protect national and personal security in today’s highly connected, digital world.

Cybersecurity is critical for safeguarding the nation’s digital infrastructure, keeping supply chains moving, and ensuring the safety and privacy of personal data on the internet. 

Achieving security in the cyber realm requires more than strengthening cyberinfrastructure — the hardware, software, networks, data and people that underpin today’s computing technologies. It also requires continued vigilance as the threats posed by attackers and emerging technologies evolve. 

Many new technologies, like generative artificial intelligence and wearable sensors that monitor health, present both risks and opportunities for cybersecurity. NSF invests in research focused on maximizing these technologies’ potential while securing their safety and privacy.