Develop low cost screening systems that can detect explosives and other contraband in air cargo skids and pallets.

Non-availability of a low cost 3D skid scanning systems; Increasing volume of goods due to e-commerce that necessitate faster screening without losing detection ability; Poor environmental factors for location of screening equipment; and Extended operational hours, need for high MTBF and low MTTR factors

Air cargo screening solutions must complete Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) at Government facilities. Systems that pass TSA tests will be added to their Air Cargo Screening Technology List (ACSTL). Private Air Cargo screening companies are only allowed to use systems on the ACSTL.

https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/cargo-programs
https://www.dhs.gov/external/air-cargo-security-programs-tsa
https://www.tsa.gov/sites/default/files/non-ssi_acstl.pdf

Air cargo skid screening solutions which are less than $500,000.00 (US) in production quantities.

Non-availability of a low cost 3D skid scanning systems; Increasing volume of goods due to e-commerce that necessitate faster screening without losing detection ability; Poor environmental factors for location of screening equipment; Extended operational hours, need for high MTBF and low MTTR factors

Air cargo screening solutions must complete Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) at Government facilities. Systems that pass TSA tests will be added to their Air Cargo Screening Technology List (ACSTL). Private Air Cargo screening companies are only allowed to use systems on the ACSTL..

https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/cargo-programs
https://www.dhs.gov/external/air-cargo-security-programs-tsa
https://www.tsa.gov/sites/default/files/non-ssi_acstl.pdf>

High penetration screening capability for dense (consolidated) air cargo skids.

Non-availability of a low cost 3D skid scanning systems; Increasing volume of goods due to e-commerce that necessitate faster screening without losing detection ability; Poor environmental factors for location of screening equipment; Extended operational hours, need for high MTBF and low MTTR factors>

Air cargo screening solutions must complete Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) at Government facilities. Systems that pass TSA tests will be added to their Air Cargo Screening Technology List (ACSTL). Private Air Cargo screening companies are only allowed to use systems on the ACSTL.

https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/cargo-programs
https://www.dhs.gov/external/air-cargo-security-programs-tsa
https://www.tsa.gov/sites/default/files/non-ssi_acstl.pdf

The checkpoint of the future seeks to improve the passenger experience while enhancing detection capabilities. While the primary focus of the portfolio is on aviation security, technologies that also apply to other checkpoint scenarios (other modes of transportation, special events, etc.) are of interest as well. S&T understands that 'silver bullet' technologies that solve all possible threat scenarios are unlikely, and welcomes unique research materials regarding new capabilities that address specific threats within a broader system-of-systems security architecture.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

S&T is especially interested in technology that minimizes the Government's lifecycle costs and facilitates integration in a modular fashion. As such, S&T may prioritize the development of technology that better leverages open architectures, interfaces, and standards, or has additional utility in other markets that drive more favorable economies of scale. Technology that can readily adapt to multiple concepts of operations (e.g., to different threat environments, requirements for throughput, passenger risk assessments, etc.) is of special interest.

Systems that meet or exceed TSA's demanding security standards for aviation may be acquired through TSA's Passenger Screening Program. These systems may also be candidates for venues such as critical buildings, stadiums, and other modes of transportation. Additionally, TSA-qualified screening systems may adapt with minimal modification to aviation security needs in other nations.

Apex Screening at Speed
Apex Screening at Speed Infographic

S&T goals are to provide our customer base - TSA and the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE) - with the tools, techniques, and knowledge to better understand, train, and utilize the detection canine, and improve proficiency of the DHS/HSE detection canine teams. Provide an enduring research and development capability to the Homeland Security Enterprise with a unique focal point and knowledge base for detection canines by establishing a scientifically rigorous, statistically significant approach for the detection canine community that is currently absent in the industry.

Operating components within the DHS and State and Local Law Enforcement within the Homeland Security Enterprise who maintain detection canines for the execution of their appointed missions

Detection focus not limited to explosive threats, but to include all detection canine threat vectors including narcotics, firearms detection, human detection, cadaver detection, infectious disease detection, and currency, for example. Operational efficacy, safety and cost are major metrics of success.

The potential exists for licensing and commercialization of tools and knowledge products that may serve the over 16,000 detection canine teams nationwide across all threat disciplines. Knowledge products and methodologies have been successful in receiving patents and facilitated various levels of commercialized products

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/detection-canine

S&T goals are to provide our customer base - TSA and the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE) - with the tools, techniques, and knowledge to better understand, train, and utilize the detection canine and improve proficiency of the DHS/HSE detection canine teams. Provide an enduring research and development capability to the Homeland Security Enterprise with a unique focal point and knowledge base for detection canines by establishing a scientifically rigorous, statistically significant approach for the detection canine community that is currently absent in the industry.

Operating components within the DHS and State and Local Law Enforcement within the Homeland Security Enterprise who maintain detection canines for the execution of their appointed missions.

Detection focus not limited to explosive threats, but to include all detection canine threat vectors including narcotics, firearms detection, human detection, cadaver detection, infectious disease detection, and currency, for example. Operational efficacy, safety, and cost are major metrics of success.

The potential exists for licensing and commercialization of tools and knowledge products that may serve the over 16,000 detection canine teams nationwide across all threat disciplines. Knowledge products and methodologies have been successful in receiving patents and facilitated various levels of commercialized products.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/detection-canine

S&T's goals are to provide our customer base - TSA and the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE) - with the tools, techniques, and knowledge to better understand, train, and utilize the detection canine, and improve proficiency of the DHS/HSE detection canine teams. Provide an enduring research and development capability to the Homeland Security Enterprise with a unique focal point and knowledge base for detection canines by establishing a scientifically rigorous, statistically significant approach for the detection canine community that is currently absent in the industry.

Operating components within the DHS and State and Local Law Enforcement within the Homeland Security Enterprise who maintain detection canines for the execution of their appointed missions.

Detection focus not limited to explosive threats, but to include all detection canine threat vectors including narcotics, firearms detection, human detection, cadaver detection, infectious disease detection, and currency, for example. Operational efficacy, safety and cost are major metrics of success.

The potential exists for licensing and commercialization of tools and knowledge products that may serve the over 16,000 detection canine teams nationwide across all threat disciplines. Knowledge products and methodologies have been successful in receiving patents and facilitated various levels of commercialized products

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/detection-canine

The Checked Baggage Program seeks to improve detection capabilities of currently deployed EDS systems as well as create novel approaches to solve explosive detection. While the primary focus of the portfolio is on aviation security, technologies that also apply to other checked baggage scenarios (check point scenarios, other modes of transportation, special events, etc.) are of interest as well. S&T understands that 'silver bullet' technologies that solve all possible threat scenarios are unlikely, and welcomes unique research materials regarding new capabilities that address specific threats within a broader system-of-systems security architecture.

S&T is especially interested in technology that minimizes the Government's lifecycle costs and facilitates integration in a modular fashion. As such, S&T may prioritize the development of technology that better leverages open architectures, interfaces, and standards, or has additional utility in other markets that drive more favorable economies of scale. In particular, reductions in false alarm rate are a huge opportunity for operational cost savings. Technology that can readily adapt to multiple concepts of operations (to different threat environments, requirements for throughput, passenger risk assessments, etc.) is of special interest.

Successfully developed algorithms and software that meet or exceed TSA's demanding security standards for aviation may be candidates for usage at over 5,000 airports, scanning over 1.3 million pieces of checked luggage daily, across the country. As even small improvements in false alarm rates can save TSA millions of dollars annually, transition of successful developments is well-motivated. Transition would be to TSA's Office of Requirements and Capabilities Analysis (ORCA) or other appropriate office. Additionally, TSA-qualified screening systems may adapt with minimal modification to aviation security needs in other nations. Screening solutions must complete Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) at Government facilities.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/checked-baggage
https://www.tsa.gov/blog/tags/checked-baggage-screening
https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening

The Checked Baggage Program seeks to improve detection capabilities of currently deployed EDS systems as well as create novel approaches to solve explosive detection. While the primary focus of the portfolio is on aviation security, technologies that also apply to other checked baggage scenarios (check point scenarios, other modes of transportation, special events, etc.) are of interest as well. S&T understands that 'silver bullet' technologies that solve all possible threat scenarios are unlikely, and welcomes unique research materials regarding new capabilities that address specific threats within a broader system-of-systems security architecture.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

S&T is especially interested in system components which minimize the Government's lifecycle costs and facilitates integration in a modular fashion. As such, S&T may prioritize the development of technology that better leverages open architectures, interfaces, and standards, or has additional utility in other markets that drive more favorable economies of scale. Technology that can readily adapt to multiple concepts of operations (e.g., to different threat environments, requirements for throughput, passenger risk assessments, etc.) is of special interest.

System components that meet or exceed TSA's demanding security standards for aviation may be candidates for inclusion in systems at over 5,000 airports, scanning over 1.3 million pieces of checked luggage daily, across the country. As even small improvements in false alarm rates can save TSA millions of dollars annually, transition of successful developments is well-motivated. Transition would be to TSA's Office of Requirements and Capabilities Analysis (ORCA) or other appropriate office. Additionally, TSA-qualified screening systems may adapt with minimal modification to aviation security needs in other nations. Screening solutions must complete Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) at Government facilities.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/checked-baggage
https://www.tsa.gov/blog/tags/checked-baggage-screening
https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening

The Checked Baggage Program seeks to improve detection capabilities of currently deployed systems as well as create novel approaches to solve explosive detection. While the primary focus of the portfolio is on aviation security, technologies that also apply to other checked baggage scenarios (check point scenarios, other modes of transportation, special events, etc.) are of interest as well. S&T understands that 'silver bullet' technologies that solve all possible threat scenarios are unlikely, and welcomes unique research materials regarding new capabilities that address specific threats within a broader system-of-systems security architecture.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

S&T is especially interested in technology that minimizes the Government's lifecycle costs and facilitates integration in a modular fashion. As such, S&T may prioritize the development of technology that better leverages open architectures, interfaces, and standards, or has additional utility in other markets that drive more favorable economies of scale. Technology that can readily adapt to multiple concepts of operations (e.g., to different threat environments, requirements for throughput, passenger risk assessments, etc.) is of special interest.

Systems that meet or exceed TSA's demanding security standards for aviation may be candidates for airport usage across the country. Additionally, TSA-qualified screening systems may adapt with minimal modification to aviation security needs in other nations. Screening solutions must complete Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) at Government facilities.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/checked-baggage
https://www.tsa.gov/blog/tags/checked-baggage-screening
https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening

The Checked Baggage Program seeks to improve detection capabilities of currently deployed EDS systems as well as create novel approaches to solve explosive detection. While the primary focus of the portfolio is on aviation security, technologies that also apply to other checked baggage scenarios (check point scenarios, other modes of transportation, special events, etc.) are of interest as well. S&T understands that 'silver bullet' technologies that solve all possible threat scenarios are unlikely, and welcomes unique research materials regarding new capabilities that address specific threats within a broader system-of-systems security architecture.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

S&T routinely performs feasibility analysis and developmental testing at a small number of locations. As these locations have to prioritize operational evaluation of equipment as directed by TSA, testing availability for S&T projects and vendors is sometimes limited. S&T is interested in technological developments that expands third-party testing opportunities in a regular and standardized fashion. S&T may prioritize the development of technology that better leverages open architectures, interfaces, and standards, or has additional utility in other markets that drive more favorable economies of scale. Technology that can readily adapt to the testing of multiple concepts of operations (e.g., to different threat environments, requirements for throughput, passenger risk assessments, etc.) is of special interest.

Systems or test articles that allowing meaningful testing to occur may transition to TSL or be used by the government on a routine recurring basis consistent with program development cycles and test opportunities. Additionally, qualified test articles and system may adapt with minimal modification to aviation security development needs in other nations. Solutions must complete Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) at Government facilities.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/checked-baggage
https://www.tsa.gov/blog/tags/checked-baggage-screening
https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening

The checkpoint of the future seeks to improve the passenger experience while enhancing detection capabilities. While the primary focus of the portfolio is on aviation security, technologies that also apply to other checkpoint scenarios (other modes of transportation, special events, etc.) are of interest as well. S&T understands that 'silver bullet' technologies that solve all possible threat scenarios are unlikely, and welcomes proposals regarding new capabilities that address specific threats within a broader system-of-systems security architecture.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

S&T is especially interested in technology that minimizes the Government's lifecycle costs and facilitates integration in a modular fashion. As such, S&T may prioritize the development of technology that better leverages open architectures, interfaces, and standards, or has additional utility in other markets that drive more favorable economies of scale. Technology that can readily adapt to multiple concepts of operations (e.g., to different threat environments, requirements for throughput, passenger risk assessments, etc.) is of special interest.

Systems that meet or exceed TSA's demanding security standards for aviation may also be candidates for venues such as critical buildings, stadiums, and other modes of transportation. Additionally, TSA-qualified screening systems may adapt with minimal modification to aviation security needs in other nations.

Apex Screening at Speed
Apex Screening at Speed Infographic

S&T seeks systems that can meet or exceed TSA's Accessible Property Screening System security standards, and significantly accelerate the overall throughput of accessible property. This acceleration may come from a reduction in the current need to divest certain items (electronics, liquids, aerosols, gels, etc.) from bags, a reduction of false alarms, faster processing, improved human-systems integration with Transportation Security Officers, or other means. While the primary focus of the portfolio is on aviation security, technologies that also apply to other checkpoint scenarios (other modes of transportation, special events, etc.) are of interest as well. S&T understands that 'silver bullet' technologies that solve all possible threat scenarios are unlikely, and welcomes unique research materials regarding new capabilities that address specific threats within a broader system-of-systems security architecture.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

S&T is especially interested in technology that minimizes the Government's lifecycle costs and facilitates integration in a modular fashion. As such, S&T may prioritize the development of technology that better leverages open architectures, interfaces, and standards, or has additional utility in other markets that drive more favorable economies of scale. Technology that can readily adapt to multiple concepts of operations (e.g., to different threat environments, requirements for throughput, passenger risk assessments, etc.) is of special interest.

Systems that meet or exceed TSA's demanding security standards for aviation may also be candidates for venues such as critical buildings, stadiums, and other modes of transportation. Additionally, TSA-qualified screening systems may adapt with minimal modification to aviation security needs in other nations.

Apex Screening at Speed
Apex Screening at Speed Infographic

The checkpoint of the future seeks to improve the passenger experience while enhancing detection capabilities. While the primary focus of the portfolio is on aviation security, technologies that also apply to other checkpoint scenarios (other modes of transportation, special events, etc.) are of interest as well. S&T understands that 'silver bullet' technologies that solve all possible threat scenarios are unlikely, and welcomes unique research materials regarding new capabilities that address specific threats within a broader system-of-systems security architecture.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

S&T is especially interested in technology that minimizes the Government's lifecycle costs and facilitates integration in a modular fashion. S&T's challenge is to deliver systems that can be maintained, adapted, and upgraded in an efficient manner. As such, S&T may prioritize the development of technology that better leverages open architectures, interfaces, and standards, or has additional utility in other markets that drive more favorable economies of scale. Technology that can readily adapt to multiple concepts of operations (e.g., to different threat environments, requirements for throughput, passenger risk assessments, etc.) is of special interest.

Systems that meet or exceed TSA's demanding security standards for aviation may also be candidates for venues such as critical buildings, stadiums, and other modes of transportation. Additionally, TSA-qualified screening systems may adapt with minimal modification to aviation security needs in other nations.

Apex Screening at Speed
Apex Screening at Speed Infographic

The checkpoint of the future seeks to improve the passenger experience while enhancing detection capabilities. While the primary focus of the portfolio is on aviation security, technologies that also apply to other checkpoint scenarios (other modes of transportation, special events, etc.) are of interest as well. S&T understands that 'silver bullet' technologies that solve all possible threat scenarios are unlikely, and welcomes unique research materials regarding new capabilities that address specific threats within a broader system-of-systems security architecture. The end objective includes systems that are interconnected to collect and utilize security data more effectively to meet TSA's highest security standards at throughputs of 300+ passengers per lane, per hour. The systems will also more efficiently occupy space at the checkpoint to optimize value per square foot.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

S&T is challenged to move from the current "standalone" architecture employed at the checkpoint to a more efficient, integrated concept. To meet the challenge, S&T needs to maintain data integrity, cybersecurity, and effective analytics in modular configurations that can be adapted, upgraded, and reconfigured based on evolving operational requirements. S&T is especially interested in technology that minimizes the Government's lifecycle costs and facilitates integration in a modular fashion. As such, S&T may prioritize the development of technology that better leverages open architectures, interfaces, and standards, or has additional utility in other markets that drive more favorable economies of scale. Technology that can readily adapt to multiple concepts of operations (e.g., to different threat environments, requirements for throughput, passenger risk assessments, etc.) is of special interest.

Systems that meet or exceed TSA's demanding security standards for aviation may also be candidates for venues such as critical buildings, stadiums, and other modes of transportation. Additionally, TSA-qualified screening systems may adapt with minimal modification to aviation security needs in other nations.

Apex Screening at Speed
Apex Screening at Speed Infographic

The checkpoint of the future seeks to improve the passenger experience while enhancing detection capabilities. While the primary focus of the portfolio is on aviation security, technologies that also apply to other checkpoint scenarios (other modes of transportation, special events, etc.) are of interest as well. S&T understands that 'silver bullet' technologies that solve all possible threat scenarios are unlikely, and welcomes unique research materials regarding new capabilities that address specific threats within a broader system-of-systems security architecture.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

S&T is especially interested in technology that minimizes the Government's lifecycle costs and facilitates integration in a modular fashion. As such, S&T may prioritize the development of technology that better leverages open architectures, interfaces, and standards, or has additional utility in other markets that drive more favorable economies of scale. Technology that can readily adapt to multiple concepts of operations (e.g., to different threat environments, requirements for throughput, passenger risk assessments, etc.) is of special interest.

Systems that meet or exceed TSA's demanding security standards for aviation may also be candidates for venues such as critical buildings, stadiums, and other modes of transportation. Additionally, TSA-qualified screening systems may adapt with minimal modification to aviation security needs in other nations.

Apex Screening at Speed
Apex Screening at Speed Infographic

Expanding countermeasure discovery and development of new and emerging animal and zoonotic infectious diseases using cutting edge broad spectrum vaccines, and metaphylactic and biotherapeutic technologies. Developing end-user friendly, rapid diagnostic platforms for agricultural pathogens.

PIADC-USDA-DHS, APHIS, NBAF

New and improved animal pathogen vaccine platforms expressing multiple antigenic determinants to reduce the scope and number of individual vaccines (i.e., covering multiple serotypes to reduce the necessary number of vaccines that are needed for agricultural linked diseases. Improved and end-user friendly, portable and hand-held rapid detection and surveillance platforms and devices are also needed to provide front-line personnel the ability to screen and detect various viral diseases in livestock. S&T Challenges and Capability Gaps include few or no efforts to develop countermeasures on new and emerging animal and zoonotic diseases, or efforts on other veterinary species of agricultural importance with respect to transboundary animal diseases (e.g., ovine, caprine, avian). There are few or no efforts to develop veterinary adjuvant, and there is a lack of robust, next-generation adjuvant development programs for lead vaccine platforms. There is also a lack of countermeasure development projects focused on lead optimization, broad spectrum metaphylactic or biotherapeutic candidates for animal diseases. Finally, there is a requirement for end-user-friendly, rapid diagnostics and detection and surveillance methods and platforms for foreign animal diseases and zoonoses.

Transition opportunities include multiple Federal and State agencies with responsibilities for the monitoring, protection (vaccinations and countermeasures), detection and surveillance against foreign animal diseases. DHS-PIADC-USDA, NBAF, APHIS, State Agricultural Agencies.

The end objective of this effort is develop and demonstrate innovative, reliable, easy-to-use, and easy-to-deploy technologies that allow the Department of Homeland Security Components to accurately and consistently detect, track, classify, and conduct threat assessments of Unmanned Aerial Systems in variable and complex environments.

Customs and Border Protection / United States Coast Guard

DHS S&T is working to facilitate the development of technologies that allow the DHS Component to accurately and consistently detect, track, classify, and conduct threat assessments of Unmanned Aerial Systems in variable and complex environments. As such, it is open to any potentially viable technique, methodology, or approach that fulfills the aforementioned requirements. The primary challenge is target discrimination as birds, debris, insects, and other airborne objects appear as valid UAS to many sensors. Other challenges include interference with and damage of other systems using the same wave bands (including visual bands in the case of high-power laser systems), high noise levels such as the use of acoustics sensors in urban environments, and excessive target-sensor stand-off distances. Technologies should address, but not be limited to, the following requirements:

1. Easy-to-Use
2. Easy-to-Deploy
3. Work in variable weather conditions
4. Work at variable altitudes
5. Work in densely populated urban centers or sparsely populated rural areas
6. Should not interfere with customer component standard operations
7. Should not cause disruptions of civilian services
8. Have a low false alarm rate in the areas of detection, tracking, and classification
9. Capable of being configured or converted for portable operations
10. Provide users with real-time analysis and after-action reports
11. Capable of being networked incorporating robust cybersecurity attributes

Selected industry participants will have their technologies exposed to DHS Component acquisition and operations personnel during development and demonstration.

The end objective of this effort is to collect unique research material that address and explore the development and deployment of innovative, reliable, easy-to-use, and easy-to-deploy technologies that allow the component customers of the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate to accurately and consistently detect, track, classify, and conduct a cursory threat assessment of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in variable and complex environments.

Customs and Border Protection, US Border Patrol

DHS S&T is working to facilitate the development of technologies that allow the component customers of the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate to accurately and consistently detect, track, classify, and conduct a cursory threat assessment of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in variable and complex environments. As such, it is open to any potentially viable technique, methodology, or approach that fulfills the aforementioned requirements on behalf of our component customers. Proposed systems should fulfill, but not be limited to, the following requirements:

1. Easy-to-Use
2. Easy-to-Deploy
3. Work in variable weather conditions
4. Work at variable altitudes
5. Work in densely populated urban centers or sparsely populated communities
6. Should not interfere with customer component standard operations
7. Should not cause disruptions of civilian services
8. Have a low false alarm rate in the areas of detection, tracking, and classification
9. Have a smaller portable version
10. Provide users with real-time analysis and after-action reports
11. Should have networking capabilities
12. Should have high-level cybersecurity capabilities

Industry participants chosen to take part in DHS S&T UAS Detection, Tracking, and Classification Programs will carry out projects whose ultimate objective and mission will fulfill key requirements defined by DHS S&T component customers. DHS S&T funded projects will have clearly defined transition requirements consistent with the needs of DHS S&T component customers.

The end objective of this effort the development and deployment of innovative, reliable, easy-to-use, and easy-to-deploy technologies that allow DHS Components to accurately and consistently mitigate Unmanned Aerial Systems in variable and complex environments.

Customs and Border Protection

DHS S&T is working to facilitate the development of technologies that allow the component customers of the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate to accurately and consistently mitigate Unmanned Aircraft Systems as a threat in variable and complex environments. As such, the Directorate is open to any potentially viable technique, methodology, or approach that fulfills the aforementioned requirements on behalf of our component customers. Proposed systems should fulfill, but not be limited to, the following requirements:

 1. Innovative Approaches in the following areas should be considered:
        a. Directional RF/GNSS Jamming
        b. Omni-Directional RF/GNSS Jamming
        c. Spoofing (cyber attacking)
        d. Kinetic Attacks
 2. Easy-to-Use
 3. Easy-to-Deploy
 4. Work in variable weather conditions
 5. Work at variable altitudes
 6. Work in densely populated urban centers or sparsely populated communities
 7. Should not interfere with customer component standard operations
 8. Should not cause disruptions of civilian services
 9. Be effective at variable distances
10. Have a smaller portable version
11. Provide users with real-time analysis and after-action reports
12. Should have networking capabilities
13. Should have integrated cybersecurity protections

Industry participants chosen to take part in DHS S&T UAS Threat Mitigation Programs will carry out projects whose ultimate objective and mission will fulfill key requirements defined by DHS S&T component customers. DHS S&T funded projects will have clearly defined transition requirements consistent with the needs of DHS S&T component customers.

The end objective of this effort the development and deployment of innovative, reliable, easy-to-use, and easy-to-deploy technologies that allow DHS Components to accurately and consistently mitigate Unmanned Aerial Systems in variable and complex environments.

Customs and Border Protection

DHS S&T is working to facilitate the development of technologies that allow the component customers of the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate to accurately and consistently mitigate Unmanned Aircraft Systems as a threat in variable and complex environments. As such, the Directorate is open to any potentially viable technique, methodology, or approach that fulfills the aforementioned requirements on behalf of our component customers. Proposed systems should fulfill, but not be limited to, the following requirements:

 1. Innovative Approaches in the following areas should be considered:
        a. Directional RF/GNSS Jamming
        b. Omni-Directional RF/GNSS Jamming
        c. Spoofing (cyber attacking)
        d. Kinetic Attacks
 2. Easy-to-Use
 3. Easy-to-Deploy
 4. Work in variable weather conditions
 5. Work at variable altitudes
 6. Work in densely populated urban centers or sparsely populated communities
 7. Should not interfere with customer component standard operations
 8. Should not cause disruptions of civilian services
 9. Be effective at variable distances
10. Have a smaller portable version
11. Provide users with real-time analysis and after-action reports
12. Should have networking capabilities
13. Should have integrated cybersecurity protections

Industry participants chosen to take part in DHS S&T UAS Threat Mitigation Programs will carry out projects whose ultimate objective and mission will fulfill key requirements defined by DHS S&T component customers. DHS S&T funded projects will have clearly defined transition requirements consistent with the needs of DHS S&T component customers.

Advance operationally-relevant, end-user focused applied social and behavioral science research that will enable decision makers, inform policy makers, and assist operational partners in mitigating the human and monetary costs of human trafficking.

DHS Blue Campaign, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, DHS Policy/Trade Policy

The Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery program will pursue evidence-based research to address the growing phenomenon of human trafficking. Worldwide there are an estimated 20.9 million victims of human trafficking, comprising an industry worth more than $150 billion in illegal profits. Given the scale, evolving nature, and complexity of human trafficking, combatting the problem poses a significant challenge, particularly for those on the front lines.

Opportunities for higher return on investment include leveraging and integrating findings and lessons learned to improve efficiency of operational components.

A technology that improves non-intrusive screening capabilities to detect and interdict illicit drugs with minimal disruption to the flow of commerce, is likely to be adopted by end users, and has a path to transition and/or commercialization.

Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations

The President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis final report recommended that DHS use additional technologies to detect and intercept synthetic opioids, like fentanyl, and other illicit drugs. The magnitude and urgency of the opioid crisis demands that S&T take an innovative approach to develop near-term deployable solutions that impact the supply of opioids entering the United States.

With the tightened controls on the legal acquisition of fentanyl and other medical opioids, the problem of controlling the illegal supply has only been made more pressing to solve. Illegal synthetic opioids are largely being provided to users and criminal elements from overseas and are entering the US via the mail (USPS) and express consignment (Fed Ex, DHL,UPS). Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) has the mission to inspect items entering the US for illegal material, to include illegal drugs.

The chemical and physical nature of synthetic opioids impose significant limitations to non-intrusive detection and identification of these substances in packaged mail and parcels, and other vessels for illegal smuggling. This topic seeks technologies that can improve the ability for end-users to rapidly screen bulk packaged materials (e.g., packages/parcels, containers, cargo) to detect synthetic opioids and other drugs, to include: (1) advanced technologies that offer three-dimensional imaging; (2) technologies that will enable end-users to discriminate illicit materials from lawful materials; and (3) technologies that enable end-users to continue normal operations with minimal disruption to flow of commerce. Such technology is critical to increasing seizures and thereby taking illegal drugs off the street.

Offerors should consider the operational environment of DHS end-users at BPE and IMFs and factors that would facilitate successful transition/adoption. These factors include, but are not limited to, training and usability, ease of integration into existing operational environments, lifecycle costs, and reliability. These considerations should be part of an Offeror's transition strategy.

Opportunities for higher return on investment include patents and licenses and/or commercialization.

DHS S&T seeks TRL 7-9 technologies to provide sensor capability to existing unmanned maritime system platforms. In the end state, sensors and sensors platforms are envisioned to integrate with existing government command and control systems to aid in the detection, classification, and resolution of maritime threats.

United States Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection

One of the key challenges for U.S. homeland security is achieving awareness of the nation's vast maritime domain, which is roughly as large as the nation's land area and extends from New England to Guam. These waters are vital to our nation's prosperity as routes for trade, sources of food, and sources of energy; they also play an important economic role in providing recreation. However, the nation's vast maritime area also imposes requirements on DHS and other agencies. These agencies seek to protect people and property from damage by the sea, the nation from illicit movements via the maritime environment that threaten its security, and the maritime environment itself from both pollution and illicit fishing. To do so, they need to achieve maritime domain awareness (MDA) across diverse regions, as well as the ability to rapidly communicate, integrate, and analyze this information to facilitate effective and appropriate actions. Increasing MDA can contribute to numerous DHS mission sets, including counter drug, migrant interdiction, critical infrastructure surveillance, port and coastal surveillance, environmental monitoring, spill monitoring, fisheries enforcement, and security zone enforcement, and enforcement of laws and treaties.

The goal of this project is to research and integrate technologies that will enable the USCG to conduct more effective operations in support of any of their eleven statutory missions:

• Port & Waterway Security
• Drug Interdiction
• Aids to Navigation
• Search & Rescue
• Living Marine Resources
• Marine Safety
• Defense Readiness
• Migrant Interdiction
• Marine Environmental Protection
• Ice Operations
• Law Enforcement

This program will concentrate on Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) missions to provide situation awareness and critical law enforcement information using unmanned maritime systems (UMS).

The potential exists for commercialization of sensors across a broad spectrum of UMS platforms in the federal space. Potential also exists for the use of adapted sensors on platforms other than UMS.

Results of this topic should provide new and novel capabilities and solutions to assist DHS, Operations, and Law Enforcement components to improve the understanding and confidence of DHS and the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE) on how CNPS leverage network environments (trusted and untrusted), devices, and sensors to compute and communicate processes and the security risks and challenges associated with the appropriate level of automation, Machine-to-Machine (M2M), communications, learning, and intelligence.

DHS Components, Operations, and Law Enforcement Components

This topic is seeking to address various challenges faced by DHS, Operations, and Law Enforcement. CNPS builds upon the CPSSEC Strategy and the nine key strategic drivers identified in the 2015 NITRD CPS Vision Statement. CNPS are being designed and scaled to autonomously compute, communicate, and execute processes from data collected from networks, devices and sensors, and other intelligent systems. As CNPS system design becomes more complex, automated, intelligent, and integrated with legacy networks and systems - Cybersecurity risks and challenges will only increase.

Developed solutions should transition to federal and law enforcement end-users. Solutions may be brand new capabilities not currently available on the market or current solutions that can be modified to address specific needs.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/cyber-security-division

Results of this topic should provide new and novel capabilities and solutions to assist DHS mission, operations, and law enforcement components to securely leverage, integrate, and interact with IoT systems that affect their operations and assets. Objectives include Detecting, Authenticating, and Updating IoT devices, sensors, and systems to gain comprehensive and near continuous knowledge of an IoT environment.

DHS Mission, Operations, and Law Enforcement Components

This topic is seeking to address various challenges faced by DHS Mission, Operations, and Law Enforcement components in securing the interactions between existing networks and IoT Devices. The IoT continues to expand and disrupt the nation's CI/IT infrastructure. This expansion has resulted in numerous advancements but has also increased the attack surface for malicious actors.

Developed solutions should transition to federal and law enforcement end-users. Solutions may be brand new capabilities not currently available on the market or current solutions that can be modified to address specific needs.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/cyber-security-division

The Cybersecurity Experimentation of the Future (CEF) Testbed will provide cybersecurity researchers with the ability to run experiments on an unclassified secure "virtual internet," through contained environments that can safely test advanced defense mechanisms against live threats without endangering operational networks.The CEF Testbed will provide the cybersecurity research community with a complex test capability and infrastructure (networks, tools, methodologies, tech support) to support national-scale testing of advanced cybersecurity technologies in an open, non-proprietary environment. CEF will enable the applied/research community to share complex cybersecurity experiments, designs, lab setups, software, tools, procedures and data; this allows rapid validation of complex technical findings and avoiding redundant experimental effort.

Transition customers include cybersecurity researchers, instructors and students.

Realization of experimental research infrastructures, capabilities, and approaches that reach beyond today's state of the art are needed. These infrastructures, together with similar broad-based objectives that transform discovery, validation, and ongoing analysis in an increasingly complex and challenging domain must provide, as examples:

• Support for multi-disciplinary, complex, and extreme scale experimentation;
• Support for emerging research areas such as specialized cyber-physical systems and cybersecurity relevant human behavior;
• The creation and capture of advances in scientific methodologies, experimental processes, and education; and
• Strategies for dynamic and flexible experimentation across user communities and infrastructure facilities.

Developed solutions should transition to federal, state and academic cybersecurity testbeds. Solutions may be brand new capabilities not currently on the market or current solutions that can be modified to address specific requirements.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/csd-deter

To establish and demonstrate replicable, scalable, and sustainable models for incubation and deployment of interoperable, secure, standard-based solutions using advanced technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and demonstrate their measurable benefits in cities and communities

Homeland Security Enterprise, DHS Components

There are numerous organizations across the United States and internationally, including local governments, nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, technologists, and corporations working to enhance and improve life in cities and communities. These projects have primarily focused on enabling IoT devices and applications to interact and improve processes across a range of domains. The challenge is that many of these projects have not focused on the privacy and security aspects of IoT enabled devices.

Developed solutions should transition to primarily local Smart City communities, but may be applied to a broader range of organizations.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/csd-smart-cities

Architectures, technologies and processes needed to enhance the security and trustworthiness of systems and services.

DHS Components, Homeland Security Enterprise

This topic is seeking to address challenges faced by organizations across the following identity management components:

• User Sign-In covering issuance, authentication, revocation and derivation to ensure that an individual is present and that digital interactions can be attributed to this same individual.
• Verified Person covering identity establishment, resolution, validation and verification to ensure that the individual is a real person with a real, not synthetic or fabricated, record.
• Authorization covering consent, enrollment, delegation and authorization to ensure that the individual has provided contextually relevant consent and entitlement information to enable authorization or to appropriately delegate authorization.
• Digital Identity covering user experience, user notification, session risk and transaction risk to enable an electronic representation of an individual that can be relied on for high value interactions taking into account user experience and ongoing risk management.
• Trusted Infrastructure covering crosscutting capabilities to ensure that identity management services mitigate fraud, ensure privacy, and assure security while remaining scalable, resilient and interoperable.

Developed solutions should transition to provide availability to commercial and government end-users. Solutions may be brand new capabilities not currently available on the market or current solutions that can be modified to address specific needs.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/csd-idm

The purpose of the Data Privacy Program is to help society realize the benefits of information technologies in the three stated contexts (connected devices and sensors, automation and autonomous systems, and digital services delivery) while minimizing their negative societal impact. Strategies for minimizing potential risks to privacy must consider a range of opportunities, from minimizing data collections to proper safeguarding of data once collected to controlling how data is used. To achieve this objective, Data Privacy calls for applied research and advanced development along a continuum of challenges, from how people understand privacy in different situations and how their privacy needs can be formally specified, to how these needs can be respected and how mitigation and remediation can be accomplished should privacy expectations and interests be violated. Finally, Data Privacy emphasizes the need to transition research results that address governmental and commercial stakeholder's needs so that they can improve practice as necessary and appropriate.

Cyber-threats are rapidly shifting and privacy-related breaches are increasing in frequency and impact. The Data Privacy project is aligned with National Privacy and Cyber Security Research and Development strategic initiatives to develop a targeted set of research priorities to ensure that cyberspace is safe, trustworthy and prosperous. Specifically, the project provides the R&D community expertise and resources to prevent, mitigate and recover from adverse effects of privacy threats and intrusions on privacy that arise from information system policies and processing. This work includes mitigation of risks by engineering privacy-protecting systems, educating the public, and understanding behavioral, social, organizational and policy dimensions of privacy. The Data Privacy Program is working to develop innovative solutions that ensure trusted innovation by helping to ensure that the protection of individual privacy is consistent with applicable law, policy and mission.

Data Privacy supports the development and operationalization of technical and knowledge solutions to help the Transition Customer address data privacy capability gaps.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/csd-privacy

Priority R&D needs for this program are analytics and metrics for cybersecurity effectiveness, severity, and comparison. The CYRIE program endeavors to improve value-based decision making by those who own, operate, protect, and regulate the nation's vital data assets and critical infrastructure. As such, the program looks beyond the traditional economics view of incentives for cybersecurity, where individuals are assumed to be rational actors who know how to maximize their well-being, and considers a broader array of factors that include business, legal, technical, and behavioral factors. In this way, CYRIE R&D can more effectively address strategy and tactics for cyber risk avoidance, acceptance, mitigation, and transfer.

Application to Cyber Security Operations, Critical Infrastructure Operations, Law Enforcement, Incident and Disaster Response, and Businesses of all sizes

In 2013, two Executive actions were issued, aimed at enhancing the capability of owners and operators of the nation's critical infrastructure to protect their networks and systems against cyber attacks (Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, and Presidential Policy Directive 21, Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience). These policy documents gave DHS a coordinating role in pursing the cybersecurity objectives outlined in each document and directed National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) to develop a voluntary framework that owner/operators could use to improve their cybersecurity posture. DHS led an interagency working group focused on cyber economic incentives, and together, with the Departments of Commerce and Treasury, prepared an analysis of federal policy options for incentivizing adoption of the NIST framework. DHS S&T continues to maintain active engagement in the effort to understand and develop stronger cyber economic incentives through its R&D efforts and portfolio.

The working group and resulting analysis focused primarily on policy and incentives from a microeconomic-based view of marginal costs and benefits of adoption. While this analysis provided a solid start for the study of incentives in cybersecurity, a more holistic approach to research in the area of cyber risk economics is clearly needed that incorporates perspectives on security decisions and behavior from a wide range of social and behavioral sciences.

Recognizing the importance of data sharing to building capacity across the four dimensions (investment, impact, value, incentives), CYRIE supports the sharing of cybersecurity best practices, investments, incidents, and outcomes among diverse stakeholders. More collective information is needed to enable value-based risk management of the shared ecosystem. Effective information sharing can help mitigate against the often siloed view of risk, create positive network effects, and foster "RoS"(return on sharing) as an element of cyber risk management.

CYRIE supports the development and operationalization of technical and knowledge solutions to help the Transition Customer address capability gaps along any of the program's stated dimensions. The program also aims to inform the government about how it can reduce cyber risk levels through development and enforcement of policy and regulation, convening and coordination of stakeholders, adoption of technology, promulgation of standards, and facilitation of research and development.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/csd-cyrie

Research and development results of this topic should provide innovative technologies, techniques, and processes towards the creation, operation, and maintenance of federated enterprise environments and the related C2 infrastructure. Objectives include enabling local decision making given global knowledge and the seamless incorporation of various cybersecurity technologies and techniques (Moving Target/Dynamic/Adaptive Defenses, privacy preserving and multi-party computing, deception, etc.) into federated enterprise environments. Results are also sought to protect any cloud-based infrastructure that enables federated enterprise environments.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Homeland Security Enterprise, DHS and Components with need for federated environments

This topic is seeking to address various challenges faced by Federal government entities and the Homeland Security Enterprise in the creation, operation, and maintenance of federated enterprise environments. Coordinating mechanisms are needed in order to provide reliable defenses that do not adversely affect usability or limit privacy protections. Additionally, a robust command and control capability is needed to coordinate defenses and make management of processes easier, faster, more reliable, and secure.

Developed solutions should transition to DHS Components, Federal, State and Local Government Agencies; the Homeland Security Enterprise Solutions may be brand new capabilities not currently available on the market or current solutions that can be modified to address specific needs. Some projects, such as those protecting 911 voice systems, have a cross-over market in-call center protection that is sustainable commercially.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/federated-security

Results of this topic should provide new and novel capabilities and solutions to assist federal, state, and local agencies to improve their security posture.

DHS Components, Federal, State and Local Government Agencies

This topic is seeking to address various challenges faced by DHS Components, Federal, State and Local Government Agencies, the Homeland Security Enterprise for situational awareness and to improve their security posture.

Developed solutions should transition to DHS Components, Federal, State and Local Government Agencies, the Homeland Security Enterprise Solutions may be brand new capabilities not currently available on the market or current solutions that can be modified to address specific needs.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/csd-anms

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) Office of Mission Capability Support (MCS) Physical and Cyber Security (PCS) Division seeks to coordinate, enhance, and develop advanced data and information sharing tools, datasets, technologies, models, methodologies, and infrastructure to strengthen the capabilities of national and international cyber risk R&D. These data sharing components are intended to be broadly available as national and international resources to bridge the gap between producers of cyber risk-relevant ground truth data, academic and industrial researchers, cybersecurity technology developers, and decision makers to inform their analysis of and policymaking on cyber risk and trust issues.

Application to Cyber Security Operations, Critical Infrastructure Operations, Law Enforcement, Incident and Disaster Response, and Day-To-Day Business, Public and Private Cyber Security Researchers

Cybersecurity R&D requires real world data to develop advanced knowledge, test products and technologies, and prove the utility of research in large scale network environments. IMPACT is the only publicly available, legally collected, distributed repository of large scale datasets containing real network and system traffic that could be used to advance state-of-the-art cybersecurity R&D. The centralized brokering and distributed provisioning between the data providers, data hosts, and researchers addresses the operational, trust, and administrative costs and challenges that impede sustainable and scalable data sharing. IMPACT continually adds new data that is responsive to cyber risk management (e.g. attacks and measurements) to provide the R&D community timely, high-value information to enhance research innovation and quality. The IMPACT model also serves as a laboratory for testing various data sharing models, including batch transfers, newer Data Analytics as a Service (DaaS), and visualization techniques.

Transition data, decision analytics, and capabilities outputs to the cybersecurity research community.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/cybersecurity-impact

The primary objective is to have a mature testbed that can be used to test and validate claims from various projects, in particular the DDoSD projects.

The results of this topic will catalyze and support the research and development of advanced experimental research tools, technologies, and methodologies as broadly available national resources. Indicators of the success of this program objective will be the realization of experimental research capabilities and approaches that reach beyond today's state of the art.

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoSD) projects

Extensive testing and evaluation is required before any new tool or technique goes "live" on a real network. This testing generally starts in a testbed environment where conditions can be tightly controlled, then progresses to more realistic environments. The first step in testing is required for any project to get out of the development stage and into operations.

The DETER testbed is used not only by DHS projects to test and validate results, but also to train new cyber professionals in a controlled environment, where mistakes do not have operational consequences.

https://deter-project.org/
https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/deter

The Cybersecurity Experimentation of the Future (CEF) Testbed will provide cybersecurity researchers with the ability to run experiments on an unclassified secure "virtual internet," through contained environments that can safely test advanced defense mechanisms against live threats without endangering operational networks. The CEF Testbed will provide the cybersecurity research community with a complex test capability and infrastructure (networks, tools, methodologies, tech support) to support national-scale testing of advanced cybersecurity technologies in an open, non-proprietary environment. CEF will enable the applied/research community to share complex cybersecurity experiments, designs, lab setups, software, tools, procedures and data; this allows rapid validation of complex technical findings and avoiding redundant experimental effort.

Transition customers include cybersecurity researchers, instructors and students.

Realization of experimental research infrastructures, capabilities, and approaches that reach beyond today's state of the art are needed. These infrastructures, together with similar broad-based objectives that transform discovery, validation, and ongoing analysis in an increasingly complex and challenging domain must provide, as examples:

• Support for multi-disciplinary, complex, and extreme scale experimentation;
• Support for emerging research areas such as specialized cyber-physical systems and cybersecurity relevant human behavior;
• The creation and capture of advances in scientific methodologies, experimental processes, and education; and
• Strategies for dynamic and flexible experimentation across user communities and infrastructure facilities.

Developed solutions should transition to federal, state and academic cybersecurity testbeds. Solutions may be brand new capabilities not currently on the market or current solutions that can be modified to address specific requirements.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/csd-deter

The end objective is to have data available for research, development, testing and training. The data shall be managed for access and to meet all data provider requirements.

The Information Marketplace for Policy and Analysis of Cyber-risk & Trust (IMPACT) project supports the global cyber-risk research community by coordinating and developing real world data and information sharing capabilities, tools, models, and methodologies. To accelerate solutions around cyber-risk issues and infrastructure security, the IMPACT project enables empirical data and information sharing between and among the global cybersecurity research and development (R&D) community in academia, industry, and government. Importantly, IMPACT also addresses the cybersecurity decision-analytic needs of Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE) customers in the face of high volume, high velocity, high variety, and/or high value data through its network of Decision Analytics-as-a-Service Providers (DASP). These resources are a service technology or tool capable of supporting the following types of analytics: descriptive (what happened), diagnostic (why it happened), predictive (what will happen), and prescriptive (what should happen).

Application to Cyber Security Operations, Critical Infrastructure Operations, Law Enforcement, Incident and Disaster Response, and Day-To-Day Business, Public and Private Cyber Security Researchers

Reproducibility of research results has been an issue for a long time for cybersecurity. The Internet is constantly changing, and running two experiments even a short time apart can lead to different results. Data sets collected for specific events, such as DDOS attack traffic, is required for research and development of tools and mitigation techniques.

Data sets are also used for training and planning purposes. In short, having good data available leads to good research, development, and tools that meet the needs of DHS.

Data sets are used at CISA and also by many academic and commercial researchers and developers.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/cybersecurity-impact

Results of this topic should provide new and novel capabilities and solutions to support operational security requirements for mobile ecosystem technologies.

DHS Components, Civilian Federal Government and DoD

The DHS workforce is becoming increasingly mobile, and employees expect to use mobile devices to access data and deliver mission services wherever they may be located, and at any time. DHS mobile user groups cross all Components and Offices and include executives, managers, knowledge workers, immigration and law enforcement officials, case officers, and emergency responders.

The architecture, design, and use of mobile technologies to access systems, applications, and data and deliver government services is substantially different from the traditional desktop workstations and laptops used within a protected enterprise network. A new security approach is needed to protect DHS data and systems from the additional risk posed by use of consumer devices that may operate from anywhere in the world across any available network (cellular, Wi-Fi), possess features and capabilities beyond those available on desktops, and that may contain dozens of diverse mobile apps that can access data on the device.

The Mobile Security Research and Development (R&D) program is partnering with all DHS components and collaborating with several organizations to facilitate piloting, transition and adoption of the technologies developed under the program. This provides an opportunity to fine-tune requirements, align to and influence development of federal standards or criteria, and conduct pilots with real-world applications. The partners will provide support in developing requirements and use cases; providing information, insights, and access to information technology architecture; offering feedback and evaluation of CSD-developed R&D; and contributing in-kind resources associated with testing.

• DHS Study on Mobile Device Security
• Mobile App Security Study: Securing Mobile Applications for First Responders
• Mobile Device Security Fact Sheet
• Mobile Security R&D Program Guide, Volume 1
• Mobile Security R&D Program Guide, Volume 2

The results of this topic should produce new and novel technologies, techniques and approaches to help secure the nation's critical infrastructure sectors.

Homeland Security Enterprise, DHS Components, Critical Infrastructure organizations

The nation's critical infrastructure provides the essential services that underpin American society and serve as the backbone of our nation's economy, security, and health. The needs and cyber security maturity levels of the 16 sectors vary widely (e.g. different architectures, different regulatory and compliance factors), which make securing them a challenge for S&T.

Developed solutions should transition to federal and Homeland Security Enterprise end users.

www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/apex-ngci

The results of this topic should produce new and novel technologies, techniques and approaches to secure government networks.

Homeland Security Enterprise, DHS Components

Securing government networks is a significant challenge for DHS. S&Ts challenges supporting this activity include: the customer set (e.g. large agencies to very small agencies) and the variety of architectural approaches that each agency has developed over time, suited to their mission needs.

Developed solutions should transition to federal and Homeland Security Enterprise end users.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/cyber-security-division

The result from this topic should provide new and novel approaches to help formulate risk-informed, integrated design solutions and management strategies that can incorporate proactive resilience remains a significant multi-domain challenge.

Homeland Security Enterprise, Critical Infrastructure Organizations

Critical infrastructure is vital to national and economic security, public health and well-being, and has become increasingly global, complex and susceptible to disruptions. S&T seeks solutions that provide improved awareness of potential disruptions and the ability to design in flexibility and resilience to mitigate the effects of such disruptions. S&T also seeks risk-assessment and management approaches that incorporate all relevant linkages such as sector interdependencies and cybersecurity risk factors.

Developed solutions should transition to federal and Homeland Security Enterprise end users.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/csd-cidars
https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/cyber-security-division

The end objective of this project is a model that discretely quantifies the mission impacts of cyber disruptions to information technology networks (e.g. a Federal agency loses the ability to execute a Mission Essential Function due to a disruption to a certain IT network).

Models/tools developed must comply with DHS security standards. Models/tools should run on stand-alone commodity computing hardware (a single computer with, e.g. up to 32 cores, 128GB RAM, 1TB disk space). Models should provide a docker build script so they can easily be compiled and run anywhere.

Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis, National Protection and Programs Directorate

The objective is to develop, demonstrate, and transition substantive and adaptive cyber security education models that impact organizations and infrastructures/sectors for the better. These models should address key dimensions of the challenge, such as multiple age levels, cyber security across multiple operational domains, and different kinds of threats. An overarching objective of this work is to support development of "learning organization" capabilities across all kinds of organizations and infrastructures/sectors. The models and associated technologies need to support cybersecurity competitions, education and curriculum development, and workforce training and development needs.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Homeland Security Enterprise, Other DHS Components

This topic is seeking to address various challenges faced by Federal government entities and the Homeland Security Enterprise in regards to addressing the Nation's shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals.

Developed solutions should transition to federal and Homeland Security Enterprise end users.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/cybersecurity-competitions

Results of this topic should provide new and novel capabilities and solutions to assist federal, state, and local law enforcement investigating cybercrimes. Objectives include identifying illicit anonymous marketplaces and website users, as well as users facilitating illicit transactions.

DHS Law Enforcement Components, Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

This topic is seeking to address various challenges faced by Law Enforcement (LE) investigating anonymous networks and currencies. Investigations are resource intensive, requiring significant man hours to investigate and prosecute. Criminals use these networks to exploit the anonymity and protections built into the encryption.

Developed solutions should transition to federal, state and local law enforcement end-users. Solutions may be brand new capabilities not currently available on the market or current solutions that can be modified to address specific needs.

https://www.dhs.gov/CSD-ANC

Results of this topic should provide new and novel capabilities and solutions to assist federal, state, and local law enforcement in the forensic acquisition and analysis of evidence from digital devices used in criminal activity.

DHS Law Enforcement Components, Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

This topic is seeking to address three main challenges faced by law enforcement: lack of forensic tool testing standards and uniformity, high cost of forensics tools, and technology gaps between commercial technology advances and advances in acquiring data in support of investigations.

Developed solutions should transition to federal, state and local law enforcement end-users. Solutions may be brand new capabilities not currently available on the market or current solutions that can be modified to address specific needs.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/csd-forensics

(1)Conduct research, develop tools, and technologies to improve the detection, analysis, and understanding of victims and perpetrators of child exploitation, and (2)conduct gap analysis to identify aspects of child exploitation in greatest need of empirical research.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)

An astonishing 16 million reports of child exploitation are submitted per year. Without an efficient way to prioritize tips and identify the most dangerous offenders, the current volume of incoming data is overwhelming law enforcement.

Opportunities for higher return on investment include leveraging and integrating findings and lessons learned to improve the efficiency of operational components.

Improvements in digital forensics, biometrics, and identity management, including real-time and forensics positive verification of individual identity using multiple biometrics; mobile biometrics screening capabilities; high-fidelity ten print capture; and non-cooperative biometric technologies for identification of adults and children.

First Responders (Federal, State and local)

Current systems used in identity management are limited by algorithm development, training and machine learning using limited data sets and end user capabilities.

Potential for higher return on investment for industry as a result of this research project.

Results of this topic should provide new and novel capabilities and solutions to assist DHS, Operations, and Law Enforcement components to improve the understanding and confidence of DHS and the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE) on how CNPS leverage network environments (trusted and untrusted), devices, and sensors to compute and communicate processes and the security risks and challenges associated with the appropriate level of automation, Machine-to-Machine (M2M), communications, learning, and intelligence.

DHS Components, Operations, and Law Enforcement Components

This topic is seeking to address various challenges faced by DHS, Operations, and Law Enforcement. CNPS builds upon the CPSSEC Strategy and the nine key strategic drivers identified in the 2015 NITRD CPS Vision Statement. CNPS are being designed and scaled to autonomously compute, communicate, and execute processes from data collected from networks, devices and sensors, and other intelligent systems. As CNPS system design becomes more complex, automated, intelligent, and integrated with legacy networks and systems - Cybersecurity risks and challenges will only increase.

Developed solutions should transition to federal and law enforcement end-users. Solutions may be brand new capabilities not currently available on the market or current solutions that can be modified to address specific needs.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/cyber-security-division

Results of this topic should provide new and novel capabilities and solutions to assist DHS mission, operations, and law enforcement components to securely leverage, integrate, and interact with IoT systems that affect their operations and assets. Objectives include Detecting, Authenticating, and Updating IoT devices, sensors, and systems to gain comprehensive and near continuous knowledge of an IoT environment.

DHS Mission, Operations, and Law Enforcement Components

This topic is seeking to address various challenges faced by DHS Mission, Operations, and Law Enforcement components in securing the interactions between existing networks and IoT Devices. The IoT continues to expand and disrupt the nation's CI/IT infrastructure. This expansion has resulted in numerous advancements but has also increased the attack surface for malicious actors.

Developed solutions should transition to federal and law enforcement end-users. Solutions may be brand new capabilities not currently available on the market or current solutions that can be modified to address specific needs.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/cyber-security-division

To establish and demonstrate replicable, scalable, and sustainable models for incubation and deployment of interoperable, secure, standard-based solutions using advanced technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and demonstrate their measurable benefits in cities and communities.

Transition customers include cybersecurity researchers, instructors and students.

Realization of experimental research infrastructures, capabilities, and approaches that reach beyond today's state of the art are needed. These infrastructures, together with similar broad-based objectives that transform discovery, validation, and ongoing analysis in an increasingly complex and challenging domain must provide, as examples:

• Support for multi-disciplinary, complex, and extreme scale experimentation;
• Support for emerging research areas such as specialized cyber-physical systems and cybersecurity relevant human behavior;
• The creation and capture of advances in scientific methodologies, experimental processes, and education; and
• Strategies for dynamic and flexible experimentation across user communities and infrastructure facilities.

Developed solutions should transition to federal, state and academic cybersecurity testbeds. Solutions may be brand new capabilities not currently on the market or current solutions that can be modified to address specific requirements.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/csd-deter

To provide private industry with an alternative fertilizer to those that can be used as an explosive precursor. This will make it harder for adversaries to construct explosives devices while also allowing industry to continue providing the agricultural community with effective fertilizers. The product must be completely non-detonable, even if manipulated, mixed, or concentrated

The private sector agricultural industry.

Terrorists often utilize products with legitimate uses as precursors to construct homemade explosive devices. This is a threat not only to homeland soft-targets and critical infrastructure, but also to American personnel in-theatre. This effort would require buy-in from both the private industry and public agencies. This topic would complement the DHS NPPD Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards program (CFATS

A better understanding of how to prevent targeted violence or mitigate the effects of that violence through knowledge of evidence-based research and/or evaluation of existing or emerging programs addressing targeted violence

First Responders, NGOs, State/Local government.

Given there is no one pathway to violent extremism and the ubiquity of social media in terrorist and extremist groups recruiting individuals, this is a field where the state of knowledge is always changing, and requires multi-disciplinary applications to the social science issues related to targeted violence.

Local stakeholders can tailor local solutions to targeted violence based on the translation of research knowledge/evaluation into practice.

Develop capabilities that will increase the Department's ability to leverage data for decision-making.

Various customers throughout DHS, including the homeland security enterprise and supporting agencies.

The Data Analytics Technology Center (DA-TC) advises DHS and the larger Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE) on advanced data analytics tools, storage, and computational techniques that increase the effectiveness of the government's homeland security missions. DA-TC engages in rapid prototyping, independent assessments of emerging technologies, and strategic research and development.

Transition opportunities include DHS Components and partners in the homeland security enterprise.