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Shaping the Next Generation Cybersecurity Workforce Today
This week, the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month event organizers—DHS and the National Cyber Security Alliance—have selected the theme: The Internet Wants YOU: Consider a Career in Cybersecurity.
Snapshot: World Standards Week and DHS S&T 's role
October 16-19, 2017 is World Standards Week. Launched 47 years ago, this week helps raise awareness of the importance of standardization to the global economy.
News Release DHS Launches $300K Hidden Signals Challenge to Uncover Emerging Biothreats
Today, DHS S&T launched the Hidden Signals Challenge, a $300,000 prize competition that seeks concepts for novel uses of existing data to uncover emerging biothreats.
DHS S&T Driving Cybersecurity Message to Smart Cities
During National Cybersecurity Awareness Month—and throughout 2017 and 2018—the DHS S&T is partnering with NIST to boost the cyber-protections of cyber-physical systems (CPS) and internet of things (IoT) connected devices.
Snapshot: S&T Helps Train Public Safety Practitioners in Flood Preparation
DHS S&T recently had the chance to address national public safety and homeland security leaders, first responders, and geographic information system (GIS) professionals on the issue of flood resiliency.
News Release: DHS S&T Awards $750K to BlueRISC for Malware Prediction R&D
DHS S&T has awarded Amherst, Massachusetts-based BlueRISC, Inc. a $750,000 SBIR Phase II contract for the development of a state-of-the-art solution that system and network defenders can use to forecast and uncover malware attacks.
New Industry Guide lays out tech needs
DHS S&T needs industry’s help in finding leading-edge technology to solve the toughest problems facing our nation.
News Release: S&T Awards $750K To Manassas, Va.-based Tech Firm
DHS S&T today announced a $749,928 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award to Manassas, Virginia-based Progeny Systems Corporation for developing a secure, mobile application development environment and deployment process.
Snapshot: S&T-Funded Training Programs Build the Transboundary Animal Disease Workforce
DHS S&T funded two programs, Texas A&M University’s Bench to Shop program and Kansas State University’s Transboundary Animal Disease Fellowship, to train the next generation of animal health experts.
News Release: S&T Awards $67K to Philadelphia small business for Defense against Cyber-Threats
DHS S&T has awarded a $67,152 contract to Philadelphia-based small business, Heilig Defense, LLC, to harden the cyber-defenses of financial institutions.
News Release: DHS S&T Awards $194K for Cyber Threats Defense
DHS S&T has awarded NexiTech, Inc. of Woodland Park, Colorado, a $194,000 contract to harden the cyber-defenses of financial institutions.
News Release: DHS S&T to Hold Industry Day
Explosives trace detection experts from industry, academia, and government laboratories will gather in Washington, D.C., on October 24 and 25, 2017, for an Industry Day to discuss advances in trace detection technologies.
News Release: S&T Awards $747K to NYC Small Business to Develop Hybrid Malware Prediction System
New York City-based Red Balloon Security, Inc. was awarded a $746,756 Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR) contract from DHS S&T to develop an upgrade to its existing hybrid prediction system for embedded malware detection.
News Release: DHS S&T Launches New ‘Mobilizing Innovation’
DHS S&T launched a new web page this week to showcase S&T projects and technology solutions that impact the Homeland Security mission.
Snapshot: S&T Testing Provides a Better Understanding of How Chlorine Spreads
The results of these tests can help emergency managers better prepare for different scenarios depending on the direction of chlorine release.
It's National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Over the next four weeks, we will do our part to promote awareness of safe online practices by sharing with you a series of easy-to-use cybersecurity tips.
Snapshot: Using Satellites and Data Analytics to Protect the Homeland
The DHS S&T expanded on the commercial industry’s technological progress when it launched a new effort earlier this year called the Adaptive Sensor Analytics Project.
Snapshot: Voice Forensics Can Help the Coast Guard Catch Hoax Callers
In 2014, when an anonymous caller cost the U.S. Coast Guard roughly $500,000 by sending first responders on unnecessary rescue missions 28 times, the agency asked DHS S&T for help.
News Release: S&T-funded Tech Aids Search Following Mexico Quakes
Disaster relief workers searching for earthquake survivors in Mexico City are using technology developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and DHS S&T.
News Release: DHS S&T Awards $750K to Virginia Tech Company
DHS S&T has awarded a $749,241 Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR) contract to Digital Bazaar, Inc. to develop fit-for-purpose blockchains for identity and access management.
Surge Capacity Force
S&T Surge Capacity Force volunteers are proudly helping survivors of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma move forward, bringing lives and communities back on line.
News Release: DHS S&T Announces Dual Licensing of Transition to Practice Program Technologies
DHS S&T today announced that for the first time two of its Transition to Practice (TTP) program cybersecurity technologies have been commercialized simultaneously by a single company.
Snapshot: Surface Transportation Security – Soft Target, Hard Problem
S&T’s Surface Transportation Explosives Threat Detection Program works to provide the surface transportation end-user community the capability to screen for potential threat items at the speed of the traveling public.
News Release: S&T Awards $4.8 Million to Center for Innovative Technology to Enhance Smart Cities
DHS S&T announced today a $4.8 million contract award to the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) of Herndon, Virginia, to apply cutting-edge Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to first responders and the commercial marketplace.
News Release: S&T Awards $640K to the CIRI for Supply Chain Cyber-Threats Research
DHS S&T today announced a $640,000 award to the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI) for research into prepositioned cyber-threats in mobile devices that originate in the supply chain.