The US Department of Defense has signed a $1.8m deal for its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to work on using blockchain in cybersecurity with tech firms Galois and Guardtime Federal. Auction done. The deal will see the implementation of Guardtime Federal's Keyless Signature Infrastructure as DARPA focuses on ensuring "information integrity" amid a rising wave of cyber attacks on the US. In an announcement made today, DARPA said that it had awarded the contract worth up to $900,000 over two years to both companies "to develop innovative solutions based upon cryptographic techniques developed by their respective teams." DARPA Program Manager Timothy Booher said the project is still in its early stages.
The US Department of Defense has signed a $1.8m deal for its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to work on using blockchain in cybersecurity with tech firms Galois and Guardtime Federal. The deal will see the implementation of Guardtime Federal's Keyless Signature Infrastructure as DARPA focuses on ensuring "information integrity" amid a rising wave of cyber attacks on the US. In an announcement made today, DARPA said that it had awarded the contract worth up to $900,000 over two years to both companies "to develop innovative solutions based upon cryptographic techniques developed by their respective teams." DARPA Program Manager Timothy Booher said the project is still in its early stages.