DHS Announces Two R&D Projects to Enhance Mobile Network Traffic Security
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are jointly announcing the final two research and development (R&D) awards for the newly launched Secure and Resilient Mobile Network Infrastructure (SRMNI) project….
…These two newest SRMNI project awards are focused on developing solutions that will improve the government’s visibility into mobile device network traffic to identify malware, attacks or attempts to extract data from or through mobile devices. The awardees, the total dollar amount of their award, the title of their R&D project, and a brief overview of their R&D projects are as follows:
- GuidePoint Security (Herndon, Va.) – $915,000
Mobile Network Traffic Visibility for the Enterprise: GuidePoint is developing a solution that will leverage Zscaler’s Internet Access Platform, a FedRAMP-authorized Security-as-a-Service cloud platform, to explore and model a TIC-based architecture for mobility that will help discover different approaches in supporting a protective domain name resolver service for mobility. The project will ultimately help improve the protection of federal systems and data, which are accessible on or to government-managed mobile devices. - AppCensus, Inc. (El Cerrito, Calif.) – $1.2 million
Mobile Traffic Intelligence at Scale: The company will expand the capabilities of its AppCensus platform to take an app-based approach to explore and model a holistic mobile-traffic monitoring system. This system will include the following features: a mobile traffic intelligence application programming interface that will identify risks posed by traffic from apps; software development kits or network destinations; client-based filtering to detect and filter sensitive traffic before it leaves mobile devices; and integration considerations for protective DNS-like services.
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