In the complex world of electronic information transfer, inherent vulnerabilities and cybersecurity threats require constant attention and rapid responses to counter potential threats to any company’s cyber infrastructure. Those threats can be extremely crucial to national defense organizations such as the United States Air Force, but its countermeasures can be generated and improved through collaborations between the military and the civilian sector for dual-use protection.
In late 2020 and early 2021, 16th Air Force’s 67th Cyberspace Wing (67 CW) signed Patent License Agreements (PLA) with two private sector companies to expand and improve on the software code developed by the Air Force, more specifically 67 CW’s 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron (90 COS), to detect software vulnerabilities. Shortly afterwards, 67 CW signed Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) with both companies, enabling the companies to leverage their research and development efforts and develop new technology with Air Force expertise, equipment,…
