Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University 2015 Year in Review

At the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (CMU SEI), our technical staff creates innovation from rigorous research and transitions technology to enhance our sponsors' capabilities and improve the state-of-the practice in software and cybersecurity. In July 2015, the Department of Defense endorsed the enduring value of these efforts by renewing its contract with CMU for the SEI. Our R and D work continues to meet current needs and form answers for tomorrow's challenges. In 2015, our engineers stepped in to help a prototyping team in a government lab accelerate its use of Agile methods in an acquisition for a critical U.S. Air Force intelligence system. At the same time, our researchers began building the foundations of new knowledge regarding how to increase peoples trust in robots. At the request of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), we conducted an evaluation of risks associated with the emerging Internet of Things. In related work, we collaborated with the Department of Transportation and US-CERT on research aimed at securing the U.S. government's fleet of vehicles. The SEI produces results by collaborating with government, academia, and industry. In 2015, we developed a Cyber Investigator Certification Program for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), conducted risk and vulnerability assessments for industry organizations, and collaborated with researchers from CMU and the Florida Institute of Technology on a dynamic network defense platform. Over the last three years, we helped save the U.S. government about $70 million while training more than 125,000 cybersecurity workers using the SEI developed Federal Virtual Training Environment (FedVTE). Software drives the cyber environment on which everyone - our military, civil government, industry, and entire population - relies. Wherever you find software, you will find the SEI at work.