Innovation: The Key to the Future of Security

Douglas Maughan, Division Director, DHS S&T Moderator: Illena Armstrong

Strengthen America’s security and resiliency by providing

knowledge products and innovative technology solutions

for the Homeland Security Enterprise

DHS S&T Mission

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) – Set-aside program for small business

concerns to engage in federal R&D -- with potential for commercialization

Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) – Set-aside program to facilitate cooperative

R&D between small business concerns and research institutions -- with potential for commercialization

SBIR / STTR

Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)

PHASE I • Feasibility Study • $100K (in general) and 6 month effort

PHASE III• Commercialization Stage• Use of non-SBIR Funds

PHASE II• Full Research/R&D• $750K and 24 month effort• Commercialization plan required

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Important program for creating new innovation and accelerating transition into the marketplace

Since 2004, DHS S&T Cyber Security has had:– 47 Phase I efforts– 22 Phase II efforts– 8 efforts currently in progress– 8 commercial products available– Three acquisitions

• Komoku, Inc. (MD) acquired by Microsoft in March 2008• Endeavor Systems (VA) acquired by McAfee in January 2009• Solidcore (CA) acquired by McAfee in June 2009

DHS S&T and SBIR

R&D Broad Agency Announcements (BAA)

http://baa.st.dhs.gov R&D funding model that delivers both near-term

and medium-term solutions:– To develop new and enhanced technologies for the

detection of, prevention of, and response to cyber attacks on the nation’s critical infrastructure.

– To perform research and development (R&D) aimed at improving the security of existing deployed technologies and to ensure the security of new emerging systems;

– To facilitate the transfer of these technologies into the national infrastructure as a matter of urgency.

FedBizOpps– Look under keyword “cyber”

•  https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=3459d2180c7625e61fff3e2764b7f78d&tab=core&_cview=0

http://www.cyber.st.dhs.gov Industry Day – Nov 17, 2010 in WDC 14 Technical Topic Areas (TTAs) – BAA to

be released later

DHS S&T BAA

DHS S&T Research Roadmap

http://www.cyber.st.dhs.gov– Scalable Trustrworthy Systems – Enterprise Level Metrics– System Evaluation Lifecycle– Combatting Insider Threats– Combatting Malware and Botnets– Global-Scale Identity Management– Survivability of Time-Critical

Systems– Situational Understanding and

Attack Attribution – Information Provenance– Privacy-Aware Security– Usable Security

Moving target defense Health inspired network defense Hardware enabled trust Cyber economics Digital provenance

Expectation: Agencies will be using these topic areas in future solicitations (FY11 and beyond)

Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative National Cyber Leap Year

For more information, visithttp://www.cyber.st.dhs.gov

Douglas Maughan, Ph.D.

Division Director

Cyber Security Division

Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA)

douglas.maughan@dhs.gov

202-254-6145 / 202-360-3170