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DARPA's Cyber Fast Track: How to get your security idea funded

15 points by raffi 15y ago

jaequery 15y ago
a bit of an odd place(?) to get funded but congrats!
- raffi 15y ago
  Thanks for the congratulations. I never expected to apply for a grant from DARPA. Defense contracting makes my head spin. But this program reduces this friction so individuals with good ideas can apply and get funded. It's a really neat opportunity.
- jjguy 15y ago
  It only seems odd because from the outside it's a big, faceless, scary bureaucracy. The Valley and that ecosystem seems that way to most folks outside it, too. There's serious cash to be had from USG and arguably fewer strings than you get on most term sheets. Once you get past the scary outside, you realize it's normal people on the inside. Submit a proposal and you'll find they're delighted to help you. And they'll give you funding.
oakenshield 15y ago
I heard various DARPA PMs including Mudge Zatko speak yesterday at DC; looks like DARPA has finally realized that organized government money hoggers aren't doing squat to actually advance the state of the art in cyber defense. I found their policy on funding even offensive research very refreshing.
epoxyhockey 15y ago
In case anyone was wondering, the OP's project is titled A language to control and automate cyber capabilities. The other projects are listed in this article: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/79135 http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/79135 - Rogue Networks: Methods of detecting malicious web server traffic - Immunity Federal Services, LLC: Combining expert knowledge and symbolic analysis for detection of exploitable bugs - Charlie Miller: Evaluation of Near Field Communication in mobile smartphones - Secure Ideas, LLC: MobiSec Live environment mobile testing framework - Korelogic, Inc.: Hand held testing - Assured Information Security, Inc.: MoRE: measurement of dynamic code - Peak Security, Inc. : TinyLANE - Mobile hardware endpoint security for individuals - Raphael Mudge: A language to control and automate cyber capabilities

15 points by raffi 15y ago

jaequery 15y ago

a bit of an odd place(?) to get funded but congrats!

raffi 15y ago
Thanks for the congratulations. I never expected to apply for a grant from DARPA. Defense contracting makes my head spin. But this program reduces this friction so individuals with good ideas can apply and get funded. It's a really neat opportunity.
jjguy 15y ago
It only seems odd because from the outside it's a big, faceless, scary bureaucracy. The Valley and that ecosystem seems that way to most folks outside it, too. There's serious cash to be had from USG and arguably fewer strings than you get on most term sheets. Once you get past the scary outside, you realize it's normal people on the inside. Submit a proposal and you'll find they're delighted to help you. And they'll give you funding.

oakenshield 15y ago

I heard various DARPA PMs including Mudge Zatko speak yesterday at DC; looks like DARPA has finally realized that organized government money hoggers aren't doing squat to actually advance the state of the art in cyber defense. I found their policy on funding even offensive research very refreshing.

epoxyhockey 15y ago

In case anyone was wondering, the OP's project is titled A language to control and automate cyber capabilities. The other projects are listed in this article: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/79135 http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/79135 - Rogue Networks: Methods of detecting malicious web server traffic - Immunity Federal Services, LLC: Combining expert knowledge and symbolic analysis for detection of exploitable bugs - Charlie Miller: Evaluation of Near Field Communication in mobile smartphones - Secure Ideas, LLC: MobiSec Live environment mobile testing framework - Korelogic, Inc.: Hand held testing - Assured Information Security, Inc.: MoRE: measurement of dynamic code - Peak Security, Inc. : TinyLANE - Mobile hardware endpoint security for individuals - Raphael Mudge: A language to control and automate cyber capabilities