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Back to Company SearchNUTS TECHNOLOGIES INC
UEI: N89NGZMW2CV3
Number of Employees: 4
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: Yes
SBIR/STTR Involvement
Year of first award: 2024
3
Phase I Awards
0
Phase II Awards
N/A
Conversion Rate
$248,544
Phase I Dollars
$0
Phase II Dollars
$248,544
Total Awarded
Awards
Easing Transitions to New Cryptography with Structured Data Folding with Transmutations (SDFT)
Amount: $99,990 Topic: 3
Structured Data Folding with Transmutations (SDFT) provides a framework for producing portable, secure messages enabling facile cryptography transitions indefinitely. As ciphers age and exhibit fallibility, new ciphers are introduced resulting in a parade of cryptography transitions over time. SDFT streamlines cipher transitions at the message level for both data-at-rest and data-in-transit. SDFT advances beyond concepts of Message Level Security (MLS) by allowing every SDFT message to self-describe and self-prescribe how the message within was produced. Cipher transitions are introduced with various levels of urgency by each organization. Custom cryptography implementations will incur high transition costs due to a shortage of qualified experts. Indifference or ignorance can lead to catastrophic data breaches as adversaries resort to retrospective decryption attacks. Even the best cryptography transitions may introduce new flaws into the application, leading to less security than expected. We will research and prototype to extend the existing SDFT Python library to handle the latest NIST PQC candidate algorithms and show why SDFT messages should be a new standard and best practice in industrial and government cipher technologies.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase I
2024
DOC
NIST
Insider Threat Defense (ITD) with NUTS Technologies
Amount: $74,277 Topic: AFX237-PCSO1
The growing trend of high-profile data breaches impacting the U.S. military highlights the flaws inherent in the core security design philosophies of conventional data sharing.á A distributed, data-centric security model is the next generation core design
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase I
2024
DOD
USAF
Structured Data Folding with Transmutations (SDFT): Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and Beyond?
Amount: $74,277 Topic: AFX245-PCSO1
NUTSTECH's Structured Data Folding with Transmutations (SDFT) represents a pivotal advancement in cryptographic technology, addressing the imminent threat posed by quantum computing to public-key cryptography. This innovative solution offers a standardized framework that simplifies the implementation of post-quantum cryptography (PQC), ensuring secure data transmission and storage. By enabling seamless integration of new cryptographic standards without the need for extensive technical expertise, SDFT facilitates ongoing adaptability in the face of evolving cyber threats. Its unique capability to self-describe and prescribe cryptographic methods enhances message-level security, providing a robust defense mechanism for the Air Force's digital infrastructure. With NUTSTECH's proven expertise and patented technology, this project not only fulfills a critical defense need but also sets the stage for widespread adoption across diverse programming environments, thereby fortifying the United States' cybersecurity posture in the quantum era.
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase I
2024
DOD
USAF