Physical Optics Corporation — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF151-039

Description

ABSTRACT:To address the Air Force need for Android mobile device (MD) virtualization and Mediated Mobile Access (MMA) solution, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Secure Hypervisor for Mobile Device (HyperM) based on integration of a POC-developed and proved mechanism for information protection on commercial MDs with a COTS hypervisor adapted for MD applications. This integration results in a comprehensive MMA solution that provides full protection of data-at-rest, data-in-use, and data-in-transit on MDs. POCs mechanism for information protection on MDs provides required centrally managed access control, two-factor user authentication, remote attestation, authorization, and information encryption in transit and at rest. The COTS virtualization technique provides an additional layer of protection via hardware virtualization and MMA. In Phase I, POC will develop a design and framework for a MMA solution for an Android guest on a tablet with hardware virtualization extensions providing protections for data-in-transit and data-at-rest, and demonstrate feasibility by assembling and testing a prototype. In Phase II, POC plans to develop per Air Force direction a complete MMA virtualization solution and prototype that provides full data-at-rest, data-in-transit, and data-in-use protections, with remote attestation functionality for specific tablets and cell phones, and demonstrate the solution in relevant environments.BENEFIT:A DoD enterprise-wide business environment and other organizations will benefit from the integration of protected Android mobile devices (MDs) into an organizations business system. POCs HyperM technology can be incorporated by the Air Force into MDs as an efficient means to access DoD systems and Web services. The proposed HyperM will provide reliable protection of sensitive information on employees MDs against online and offline intrusion and compromise. The HyperM has multiple commercial applications for law enforcement agencies, first responders, financial services, enterprise networks, manufacturing, aerospace, scientific organizations, health care businesses, public transportation, multi-domain Web SSO, civilian government organizations, and the general public. NASA space systems will also benefit from POCs HyperM technology. With the ever-growing mobile technology industries in the U.S. and around the globe, the HyperM has strong potential to be a lucrative product in the private sector.