SECURBORATION, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF222-0003

Description

Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology can help airmen of the future on a variety of processes, such as intelligence tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination. However, in the current state of IoT infrastructure, IoT devices present a potential mission threat due to the critical nature of USAF networks and Weapons systems. Current IoT devices are focused on interoperability and simplified integration leaving multiple and many yet unrealized vulnerabilities. To address this gap Securboration proposes to develop an architecture, referred to as Nephele, that is an advancement over current proposed architectures. Whereas current IoT testing emphasizes standards compliance to enable interoperability of individual devices, Nephele views the IoT enterprise holistically, enabling automatic penetration (pen) testing of the IoT ecosystem while simultaneously monitoring it to capture the overall impact and propagation of the pen test exploits. Nephele’s TaaS architecture enables assessment of multiple use cases; evaluation of new sensors and hardening techniques; data analytics; artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) development and evaluation; replay and after-action review; and feedback to IoT best practices and standards organizations – all within the context of collaborative military/commercial studies and experiments.