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Snapshot: Making Flood Forecasting Easier, Faster
Floods and tornadoes are the deadliest disasters in the world. In the United States alone, approximately 80 lives are lost every year due to flood related incidents. In addition to the loss of lives, the nation loses billions of dollars in property damage and spends billions on recovery and rebuilding efforts every year.
Snapshot: New Web-Based Tools to Help Food Companies Protect the Food Supply
Our economy, livelihood and wellbeing depend on food and its supply chains. Supply chains may break if a natural disaster destroys a crop in its primary production region, or if someone tampers with food to cause harm or raise profits. In such cases we need to find out quickly about these incidents and find alternative sources of food ingredients and supplies.
Snapshot: NBAF Think and Do Challenge Winner Develops Forward Looking Training Program
In May 2015, DHS S&T broke ground on the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) main laboratory space in Manhattan, Kansas. Scheduled to open in 2023, NBAF will feature advanced laboratory technologies that allow for catastrophic disease research on livestock.
S&T Joins the SBIR Midwest Road Tour
I’m excited to announce DHS S&T is participating in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Midwest Road Tour.
News Release: DHS S&T Awards $220K to University of Tulsa for Cybersecurity Research
DHS S&T awarded $220,209 to the University of Tulsa to study data production and usage by cybersecurity researchers, information that will help quantify the value of data-sharing and improve sharing incentives to address the interdependency of cyber-risk environments.
News Release: DHS S&T Licenses New Cybersecurity Tech to Atlanta Small Business
DHS S&T today announced that a network flow analysis technology that will help strengthen cybersecurity has transitioned to the marketplace through its participation in S&T’s Transition to Practice (TTP) program.
Snapshot: S&T develops five new powerful tools to combat FAD
DHS S&T recently filed five patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and provided the funding for research performed by collaborating federal scientists to file five additional patent applications to provide powerful new tools to combat Foreign Animal Diseases (FADs), specifically Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and African Swine Fever.
News Release: DHS S&T Awards $206K to Carnegie Mellon University
DHS S&T has awarded Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh $206,062 to develop data and analysis platforms that cybersecurity researchers can use to understand and counter cyberattacks.
Innovative Cyber Solutions on Display at Next Week’s R&D Showcase
The R&D Showcase and Technical Workshop is the federal government’s largest cybersecurity R&D conference and a must-attend cybersecurity event.
News Release: DHS S&T Awards $200K to Wash. Startup for Cyber Defense
DHS S&T awarded $200,000 to Veramine, Inc. of Bothell, Washington, to harden the cyber-defenses of financial institutions.