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IoT devices expose greater security risks due to their limited resources, lack of security functions and maintenance. There is a fast-growing trend for cyber-attacks exploiting IoT system vulnerabilities. software based IoT security solutions cannot meet the stringent requirements of real-time detection high accuracy, and low performance overhead. Our goal is to a multi-level hardware-assisted thr ...

Cyberattacks are a growing concern in every market with network-connected devices. Attacks such as ransomware, malware, spyware, spoofing, botnets, and more, can result in intellectual property theft, system downtime, reputation damage, and unfortunately loss of life. Most cyberattack detection techniques are limited in scalability and detection efficacy as the cyberattack landscape is constantly ...

Air cargo security is critical to minimizing the overall risk to national security. However, screening air cargo with current state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) imaging is a complex and challenging task for screeners. To address current complexities and challenges, Charles River Analytics proposes to design and demonstrate Supportive Intelligence and Fusion Technology to Ecologically Repres ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop an air cargo screening software suite that automatically parses air cargo waybills and detects and localizes the reported cargo contents within X-ray images obtained during screening. The software will utilize state-of-the-art machine-learning (ML) and natural language processing techniques to rapidly analyze and correlate manifests with associated ...

The ability to navigate complex, dense X-ray images with occluded objects and superposition of potential threats presents a significant challenge for air cargo screeners.Explosive detection and threat interdiction is also challenging due to the varied ways threat actors conceal and disguise illicit activity.These factors work to reduce screening efficiency and throughput, as skids must be broken d ...

Internet and Web standards play a critical role in the creation of competitive marketplaces by enabling interoperable solutions for digital identity, credentialing, and access management. With respect to first responder organizations, the use of new global identity standards for personnel identity and onsite qualifications when responding to a disaster not only have the power to increase security, ...

Many first responder organizations at various levels, including federal, state and local, as well as non-profit agencies each have different methods of identifying first responders on scene during an incident. The lack of an interoperable and standardized credentialing solution for first responders results in more challenges with communication and coordinated access to information on identificatio ...

The Synthetik team is pleased to provide this Phase I SBIR proposal to develop a distributed, interoperable, ISO 18013-5-compliant and mdoc-based digital software badge (DSB). The DSB will provide the capability to prove a first responder personnel’s identity and qualifications onsite securely and efficiently in a disaster response operating environment.During Phase I we will demonstrate th ...

Transportation Safety Officers (TSOs) currently use a multi-step decision tree to screen and resolve an alarm of a suspicious object in crowded and high-throughput environments, such as aviation and security checkpoints. In high-throughput environments, this can lead to information overload and mental fatigue. Homeland Security desires a more capable integrated Alarm Resolution (AR) sensor suite, ...

Security at transportation checkpoints is a key strategic aspect of the DHS mission of preventing future attacks against the U.S. and its allies. The ability to freely move assets within, into, and out of the nation is paramount to national security. While DHS currently employs highly-effective explosive alarm resolution sensors (AR), these sensors require special training to operate and produce a ...