RED BALLOON SECURITY, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: SB014.2-002
RED BALLOON SECURITY, INC. — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $999,936 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
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- Amount
- $999,936
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- SB014.2-002
- Solicitation
- 2014.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NY
- Period
- 2018-06-14 → 2020-06-13
Description
Unlike conventional computers, the embedded computers found in vehicles, routers and other Internet of Things devices lack the capability to have their software remotely updated. Vulnerabilities discovered in such devices remain unpatched, creating a large and growing attack surface. We propose to address this limitation in our Identification and Modification of Features in Embedded Devices (IMFED) framework. IMFED will reduce the functionality and complexity of COTS embedded device firmware to a minimal set required to support specific mission requirements. IMFEDs core technology is a flexible and finely granular method to identify, add, modify, or remove features in embedded device firmware. This core will be enabled by a feasibility study exploring the practicality of a new approach, hybrid emulation, for analyzing and debugging embedded device modifications.