U.S. Department of Energy Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII) released its first public roadmap to improve the competitiveness of American manufacturing.
CyManII's roadmap details its five-year plan of priorities, activities and initiatives, according to a May 26 DOE news release.
"CyManII is charting an aggressive course to a more secure and prosperous manufacturing industry," said Kelly Speakes-Backman, principal deputy assistant secretary for DOE's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, said in the news release. "The initiatives detailed in this roadmap will ensure that our protective measures keep pace with advancements in automation, digitization and a range of advanced manufacturing technologies, protecting our domestic manufacturing and our economy."
CyManII, housed at the University of Texas at San Antonio, supports early-stage research and development aimed at improving U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, securing supply chains and bolstering cybersecurity in energy-efficient manufacturing, according to the news release. CyManII’s first public roadmap provides an outline of its five-year vision for U.S. cybersecurity in manufacturing and what technical research will be required to achieve that security.
With a budget including $70 million in federal funds and more than $40 million from private cost-share commitments, CyManII partners include four DOE National Laboratories, public and private universities and private sector manufacturers, according to the news release. CyManII is co-managed by the Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER) office.
"As industrial control systems become increasingly digitized, cybersecurity becomes even more important," CESER Director Puesh Kumar said in the release. "CESER is enthusiastic about continuing to partner with CyManII on a number of national cybersecurity initiatives, including bringing more cybersecurity education to engineers and technicians under the National Cyber-Informed Engineering Strategy and appending cybersecurity content for control systems in national frameworks like MITRE's Common Weakness Enumeration. CyManII's expertise in these efforts continues to be invaluable."
