COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY RESEARCH CENTERS.

SEC. 202. COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY RESEARCH CENTERS. Section 4(b) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking “the research areas” and inserting the following: “improving the security and resiliency of information technology, reducing cyber vulnerabilities, and anticipating and mitigating consequences of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, by conducting research in the areas”; (2) by striking “the center” in paragraph (4)(D) and inserting “the Center”; and (3) in paragraph (5)— (A) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (C); (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(E) the demonstrated capability of the applicant to conduct high performance computation integral to complex computer and network security research, through on-site or off-site computing; “(F) the applicant’s affiliation with private sector entities involved with industrial research described in subsection (a)(1); “(G) the capability of the applicant to conduct research in a secure environment; “(H) the applicant’s affiliation with existing research programs of the Federal Government; “(I) the applicant’s experience managing public-private partnerships to transition new technologies into a commercial setting or the government user community; “(J) the capability of the applicant to conduct interdisciplinary cybersecurity research, basic and applied, such as in law, economics, or behavioral sciences; and “(K) the capability of the applicant to conduct research in areas such as systems security, wireless security, networking and protocols, formal methods and high-performance computing, nanotechnology, or industrial control systems.” .