The problem with PIV cards
Personal identification verification cards have never quite lived up to their promise to control access to federal networks and physical locations.
Crypto crumpling could solve the encryption conundrum
Researchers have found a way to maximize user privacy while still giving governments "exceptional access" to encrypted data.
Security through chaos engineering: No more 'set it and forget it'
Organizations that don’t stress test the security of their infrastructure, "are slowly drifting into the unknown," one security architect says.
Patching security holes in GPS, computer timing
Researchers have developed techniques to detect fake GPS time and location signals and correct the information in real time.
Can IoT transmissions be securely encrypted?
MIT researchers have developed a tiny, low-power chip that is hard-wired to perform public-key encryption.
Developing and protecting the internet of battlefield things
The Army Research Lab is exploring technology that enhances collaboration between autonomous agents and human warriors on the battlefield.
Trustwave launches proactive Threat Hunting service
The service promises to look both internally and externally for early signs of compromise.
Building tools to secure computer processors
Under a DARPA award, Galois will develop security metrics and a framework for making decisions about the tradeoffs in securing CPUs.
Crowdsourcing cyber threat defense
With input from communities of professional cyber threat analysts and white-hat hackers, 418 Intelligence analyzes threat risks and countermeasures.
DHS pushes screening of first responder mobile apps
A pilot program found security, privacy or access vulnerabilities in nearly every app it tested.
Argonne pushes global adoption of Cyber Fed Model
The web-based platform disseminates alerts through machine-to-machine information sharing.
When is a back door not a back door?
FBI Director Christopher Wray's call for a solution to uncrackable encryption sounds curiously like a request for a back door.
Putting remote control of robots within everyone's reach
Researchers are developing software that works with off-the-shelf virtual reality headsets to put remote control of robots within the reach of any developer.
A giant technical leap in speech recognition
Researchers have digitized and transcribed thousands of hours of audio conversations between astronauts, mission-control specialists and back-room support staff during the Apollo moon missions.
Using game theory to protect networks, infrastructure
Researchers are using game theory and behavioral economics to better understand how people make decisions about protecting sensitive assets.
Dipsticking aquifers from space
Orbiting satellites can measure the "breathing" of the earth as water is added to or drawn from underground aquifers.
Prototype plug-in alerts drivers to vehicle cyberattacks
Using data-driven anomaly detection, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory can tell if a hacker has modified a vehicle's electrical signaling.
Urban Pulse maps, analyzes use of urban spaces
Researchers have developed open source software that maps how, when and, to a degree, by whom urban spaces are being used.
Fog mesh to the rescue when disaster strikes
Researchers are building a fog-enabled infrastructure that would let edge devices communicate even when there is no internet connection.
Sending robot squads into danger zones
The top layer solution creates a mesh communication network among the robotic vehicles, enabling a convoy to instinctively follow its designated leader and providing a resilient communications network that can function in urban and subterranean environments.
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