Physical Optics Corporation — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N172-105

Description

The Navy needs a software solution that can maintain a common trusted resilient operating system environment for hand-held devices, portable computers, and tactical server computing environments and that can provide data integrity even in the presence of zero-day attacks. In response, Physical Optics Corporation proposes to develop the Resilient Protected Operating System Environment (REPROS). REPROS will integrate computing device virtualization, a managed multi-level security framework, and a novel method of resilient restoration of operating systems. This innovative integration will comprehensively provide active cyber-defense, rapid restoration of computer systems, switching between security classification levels without changing hard drives, Roots of Trust and full protection of data on computing devices both online and offline. In Phase I, POC will develop and analyze the REPROS system and software required to protect Linux/Android/Windows environments, provide rapid system restore, boot between two security classification levels, and prepare a Phase II development plan. We will demonstrate feasibility by developing and testing a software prototype and analyzing the results. In the Phase I Option, POC will refine the system design and develop a Phase II Statement of Work and continue REPROS commercialization.