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Waterway Risk Assessment Fact Sheet

S&T will create a standardized risk assessment framework to provide a defensible, repeatable, and transparent means of quantifying risks within the Maritime Transportation System. The outputs of this framework will enable the USCG to make strategic-level decisions and inform USCG leadership as they conduct waterway planning and management activities.

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S&T HSSS 2024 Cohort Overview Report

This DHS S&T HSSS 2024 Cohort Overview Report provides detailed program information, project milestones and metrics, collaboration efforts, and outcomes of the 2024 Startup Studio cohort. 

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S&T Updates Master Question List for Synthetic Opioids

DHS S&T released an updated Master Question List (MQL) for Synthetic Opioids. 

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Foundational Science

S&T conducts basic and applied research to ensure advancements in science and technology can be harnessed for cutting-edge solutions to DHS operational challenges. Our research looks to build knowledge and understanding of evolving threats, hazards and risks. 

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PNT Direct Injection Testing Fact Sheet

Accurate Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) is necessary for the operation of many Critical Infrastructure (CI) sectors. Since PNT is an evolving landscape, and multi-PNT ecosystems are increasingly vulnerable to attack, building PNT dependencies into future technologies is progressively more important. As adverse impacts to PNT disruption become more widespread and longer lasting, precision timing becomes more important for continued resilience within CI systems such as the electric grid, communication networks, and financial institutions.

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Time-Based Server Management System for Networked Endpoints

Software innovation that initiates and manages system downtime to prevent hacking.

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International Cooperation Strengthens Global Infrastructure

How two decades of sharing our nations’ infrastructure-related challenges has helped to accelerate global solutions.

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Chocking Compound Mold Kit

A 3D-printed, easy-to-use frame to shape and pour chocking compounds when installing equipment.

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Advanced Anti-Counterfeit Security Elements

Technique for producing advanced and unique printing designs dramatically improves counterfeit resistance for security documents like passports, visas, birth records, and banknotes.

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Systems and Methods for Interrupting Traditional Counterfeiting Workflows

The technology offers systems and methods for design of security document artwork that is resistant to counterfeiting and counterfeiter reverse engineering.