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Innova&on,
DARPA
&
Suppor&ng
Ecosystem
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February
2015
Dr.
Robert
D.
Childs
President
&
CEO,
iCLEAR
LLC
Former
Chancellor,
Na>onal
Defense
University
(NDU)
iCollege
and
Deputy
to
NDU
President
for
Cyber
and
Informa>on
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DARPA’s
Opera8ng
Principles
• Independent
• Small/flexible
• World
class
scien>sts/engineers
• Collabora>on
with
industry/universi>es/government
labs
• Project
based
porXolio
• Program
managers
technically
outstanding/entrepreneurial/
driven
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4. ‹#›
DARPA’s
Program
Managers
the
KEY
• Revolu>onary
“game
changing”
innova>ons
• NOT
group
think
• Person
closest
to
cri>cal
challenges
• Understand
technological
opportuni>es
in
their
area
• Understand
today’s
reali>es
and
tomorrows
outlook
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DARPA’s
R&D
Requirements
Drivers
• Ba]lefield
experience
• Government
concerns
• Government
laboratories
• Military
laboratories
• Private
sector
innova>on
proposals
• Academia
research/theore>cal
thinking
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6. ‹#›
Consumer
Electronic
Technologies
Impac8ng
Cyber
Defense
R&D
• Sensors
• Wearables
• Drones
• Robo>cs
• Virtual
reality
(gaming)
• 3D
Prin>ng
• Internet
of
everything
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8. ‹#›
Defense
Oriented
Cyber
Trends
• Mobile
compu>ng
• Social
media
• Data
analy>cs
• Cloud
compu>ng
• Interconnected
networks
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9. ‹#›
Theore8cal
Intelligence
"Internet
of
Things"
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• Physical
sensors
• Control
devices
• Mul>purpose
communica>ons
• Processing
equipment
• User
interfaces
★ Purpose—make
be]er
decisions
and
predic>ons
based
on
richer
and
denser
data
sets
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DARPA’s
Cyber
Ini8a8ves
• Cyber
Defense
(Cyber
Grand
Challenge)
• Plan
X
(plan
large
scale)
missions
• High-‐Assurance
Cyber
Military
Systems
(HACMS)
(security
updates
not
required)
• Radio
Map
(sensing
capability
• Computer
Individuality
(dis>nct)
• Data
Analy>cs
(use
of
informa>on
at
scale)
• Language
(transla>on
for
war-‐fighters
on
ba]lefield)
• Advanced
Encryp>on
(homomorphic)
• Warfighter
Applica>ons
(prosthe>cs)
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11. ‹#›
Ac8ve
Cyber
Defense
(ACD)
Reac8ve
Engagement
Model
• find
invading
code
• unplug
affected
systems
• create
security
patches
• apply
patches
network
wide
ACD
Program
(not
offensive)
• collect,synchronize
real
>me
capabili>es
• discover,
define,
analyze,
mi>gate
cyber
threats/
vulnerabili>es
• disrupt
and
neutralize
AS
ATTACKS
HAPPEN
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12. ‹#›
R&D
Ecosystem
• Small
central
autonomous
administra>on
• Corporate
partnerships
• Academic
alliances/collabora>ons
• Associa>on
affilia>ons
• Interna>onal
research
partnerships
• Intergovernmental
support/sharing
• Government
laboratories
• Military
laboratories
• Communi>es
of
interest
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13. ‹#›
Strategic
Purpose
for
Government
R&D
• Bring
together
best
minds
and
prac>ces
• Capture/shape
cupng
edge
thinking
and
technologies
on
most
difficult
(and
yet
unknown)
problems
• Integrate
solu>ons
to
address
people,
process
and
technologies
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14. ‹#›
Contact
Dr.
Robert
D.
Childs
President
&
CEO,
iCLEAR
LLC
Former
Chancellor,
Na>onal
Defense
University(NDU)
iCollege
and
Deputy
to
the
NDU
President
for
Cyber
and
Informa>on
e-‐mail:
Childs@iclearllc.com
iCLEAR
LLC
website:
h]p://iclearllc.com
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