On October 16, SixMap Inc. announced it has been selected by AFWERX, the innovation arm of the US Department of the Air Force, for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract focused on Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF).
The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process by accelerating the small business experience through faster proposal to award timelines, changing the pool of potential applicants by expanding opportunities to small businesses and eliminating bureaucratic overhead by continually implementing process improvement changes in contract execution. The DAF began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018 which expanded the range of innovations the DAF funded and now as of May 20, 2024, SixMap has started its journey to create and provide innovative capabilities that will strengthen the national defense of the United States of America.
Dr. Austin Murdock, chairman, chief scientist, and founder, SixMap Inc., said, “The increasing velocity of attacks and the growing complexity of military and defense industrial base networks has sparked a race between attackers and defenders to identify potential points of attack across critical Internet-facing assets. We are honored to be selected by AFWERX to apply the advantages of SixMap’s Automated Cyber Defense, arming defenders with the ability to track adversaries, anticipate where adversaries will strike, and act first to defend the network.”
Source: SixMap
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