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House bill slashes research critical to cybersecurity
A U.S. House bill that will set the nation’s basic research agenda for the next two years increases funding for computer science, but at the expense of other areas important to cybersecurity.
The funding bill, sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the chair of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, hikes funding for computer science, but cuts – almost by half – social sciences funding, which includes the study of human behavior. Cybersecurity uses human behavior research because humans are often the weakest security link.
