The Department of Homeland Security within their Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology has awarded close to $11.6 million to develop new methods to identify weaknesses in networks and the internet.
The goal is to identify and define “Network/Internet-scale Disruptive Events” (NIDE), will work to create NIDE-related documentation for external tools and analysis and determine what caused the NIDE in the first place.
S&T has newly established the “PARIDINE Project” to develop innovative technologies that will provide systems and capabilities to identify, classify, and report on disruptive events related to networks and the internet. Agencies such as the FCC and the DHS Office of Emergency Communications along with five organizations were selected to take part under the PARIDINE solicitation.
The five organizations that received funding under the PARIDINE solicitation to develop innovative technologies include:
- Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), University of California San Diego received $3,000,000 to perform near real-time monitoring of the internet for NIDEs.
- SecreLogix, in San Antonio received $1,876,247 to focus on making the nation’s 911 and other public safety and emergency communications systems more secure
- Two Six Labs, Arlington Virginia received $3, 220,125 to develop a framework to detect NIDEs within a network or system
- University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute received $2,843,232 to initiate new NIDE detection methods and systems
- University of Waikato in New Zealand received $672,961 to develop a way to conduct internet measurement and analysis for cybersecurity assessments and reporting