2011 Annual Report - MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Organizational Changes
In 2011, organizational changes in the Communication
Systems and Cyber Security Division and the Homeland
Protection and Air Traffic Control Division address the
strategic goal of strengthening and evolving mission areas to
meet emerging national security needs.
Communication Systems and
Cyber Security Division
A new group, the Cyber System Assessments Group,
was formed to meet the expanding need for research into
and solutions to the increasingly important issue of cyber
security. The group’s mission is to provide the government
with independent assessments of cyber systems and
capabilities. The group is developing cutting-edge technical
capabilities for understanding, testing, assessing, and
analyzing cyber technologies. In addition, the group is using a
red-team approach to identify vulnerabilities in U.S. systems
and to characterize the cyber capabilities of adversaries. The
group’s work complements that of the Cyber Systems and
Technology Group.
Homeland Protection and Air Traffic Control
The Bioengineering Systems and Technologies Group was
established to expand the Laboratory’s core competencies in
chemical and biological agent detection and identification to
better support Department of Defense initiatives in bioengineering.
The group’s focuses will include bioinformatics,
synthetic biology, biometrics/forensics, and biomedical
systems for health diagnosis and treatment.
New Leadership
Charles W. Maxson
Department Head, Information Services
Charles W. Maxson joined Lincoln
Laboratory in June 2011 to lead the
Information Services Department. His
background in information technology (IT)
includes work on infrastructure, security,
and enterprise applications, including
positions at research and higher education
organizations. He has prime responsibility for the Laboratory’s
central IT services, as well as management of its internal information-based
services. Major directions for the department in
the coming year include increased collaboration and alignment
with the Laboratory’s research divisions; continued Business
Process Improvement; and improved infrastructure, tools, and
services for information stewardship and retrieval, research
collaboration, and enhanced security.
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