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S&T Mobile Device Security Fact Sheet

Current mobile security techniques have evolved from a desktop-centric approach.

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S&T DECIDE Fact Sheet

In 2008, based on the need of the Financial Services Sector, S&T began funding the DECIDE project. DECIDE is a software suite that significantly advances state-of-the-art critical infrastructure protection exercises.

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S&T DETER Testbed Fact Sheet

The Defense Experimental Research (DETER) testbed project enables cybersecurity researchers to run experiments on a secure "virtual Internet." The testbed provides contained environments that allow researchers to safely test advanced defense mechanisms against "live" threats without endangering other research or the larger Internet. The project was originally jointly funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate and the National Science Foundation.

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S&T FMD Vaccine Fact Sheet

FMD is a highly contagious dis-ease that can severely affect domestic and wild cloven-hoofed animals, including cattle, swine, sheep, goats, deer and buffalo. Protecting American livestock is critical to the country’s agricultural economy and preservation of food supplies.

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S&T Fast Response Cutter Test and Evaluation Oversight Fact Sheet

In 2013, the Fast Response Cutter successfully completed Test and Evaluation, under the oversight of DHS S&T, Office of Operational Test and Evaluation (OTE) and was granted full rate production authority by the Under Secretary for Management.

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RecX - Emergency Spare Transformer Strategy

Considerations for a Power Transformer Emergency Spare Strategy for the Electric Utility Industry by The Electric Power Research Institute for DHS S&T

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GIC Forecasting Requirements

A NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Heliophysics Science Division-lead team that includes NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Electric Power Research Institute, and Electric Research and Management, Inc. participants has recently partnered with the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to better understand the impact of Geomagnetically Induced Current (GIC) on the electric power industry. As a part of the process to improve resiliency of the system, better understanding of the power industry user requirements is needed. The ultimate goal in our work is to improve forecasting capability that will support operational decisions about proactive GIC mitigation actions. This report is based on communications with representatives of the US electric power transmission industry and documents the findings as part of the team’s requirements development work.

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DA-TC

S&T’s Data Analytics Technology Center (DA-TC) applies leading-edge data analytics research and development techniques to enable user-focused, data-driven solutions for the missions of the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE).

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S&T FOIA Logs

This log contains the incoming Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)  for each fiscal year.

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DHS Science and Technology Laboratory Fact Sheet

DHS S&T Laboratory Fact Sheet: created the Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC) in 2006 to assess and identify vulnerabilities.