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The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program has awarded $1.96 million to a pair of businesses to aid emergency communication network risk management assessments.
Orem, Utah-based Achilles Heel Technologies and SecureLogix, of San Antonio, Texas, were selected to participate in Phase II of the program based on demonstration of feasibility in Phase I for Network Modeling for Risk Assessment technology solutions.
During Phase II, each company is slated to continue its research and development efforts. Achilles Heel Technologies would further develop a software tool suite for holistic cyber risk management of Next-Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) systems. SecureLogix would continue developing a modeling tool aiding 9-1-1 decision makers in planning…
