DIU awards $45M contract for weapon systems cybersecurity

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https://www.fifthdomain.com/dod/2020/05/12/diu-awards-45m-contract-for-weapon-systems-cybersecurity/

By Andrew Eversden
Fifth Domain
May 12, 2020

The Defense Innovation Unit awarded a $45 million to a Silicon Valley-based 
tech startup to perform cybersecurity testing on Defense Department weapon 
systems’ applications, the company announced May 11.

The company, ForAllSecure, has been prototyping its cybersecurity testing 
platform, known as Mayhem, with DoD components for more than three years. DIU 
made the award on the five-year contract April 23, a ForAllSecure spokesperson 
said.

ForAllSecure is working with the Air Force 96th Cyberspace Test Group, the Air 
Force 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron, the Naval Sea Systems Command 
(NAVSEA) and the U.S. Army Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, 
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR).

The same DoD users have worked with ForAllSecure throughout the prototyping 
process for the company’s platform, which finds bugs in applications and shows 
the user how they can be triggered. The platform will allow for a continuous 
testing for vulnerabilities in weapons systems.

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