Real-Time Full Spectrum Cyber Science and Technology

The objective of this BAA is to solicit solutions to enhance the cybersecurity, resiliency, integrity, and availability of real-time systems. This solicitation is broken up into three separate S&T cyber thrust areas of interest: - Cyber-attack resilient and fault-tolerant communications - Cyber-attack resilient and fault-tolerant systems - Proactive-cyber shaping Cyber-attack resilient and fault-tolerant communications The ONR is interested in proposals for developing new approaches for implementing real-time cyber resiliency. This section of the BAA is concerned with communication channels which must be robust against cyber disruptions affecting the communication’s integrity and availability. ICCS are designed for survivability and availability of operations over a long lifecycle that may span multiple decades. Completely redesigning or replacing them is not a viable solution. Therefore, we are interested in cyber resiliency solutions for communication channels that can be retrofitted into legacy systems. Additionally, current control systems communicate across numerous interfaces, protocols, and physical channels that span from traditional IP networks to low-level system backplanes. Unlike traditional computer systems, allowing faults and exploitation of weaknesses with control systems is not acceptable, as it will pose a significant risk to the health and safety of human lives or result in serious damage to its environment. Traditional IP network cybersecu...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding