In order to promote competition and technology refresh, the Department of Defense (DoD)
has required the use of a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) for the acquisition and …

Mission assurance requires all operational platforms and systems to be able to perform their
function under the ever-growing challenge of cyber hostility. Since 2014, the Air Force …

Today's computing systems are highly vulnerable to attacks, in large part because nearly all
computers are part of a hardware and software monoculture of machines in its market …

The processor of a drone runs essential functions of sensing, communications, coordination,
and control. This is the conventional view. But in today's cyber environment, the processor …

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) domain is highly heterogeneous and comprises a multitude of
different devices. Because of this variety, many projects require unique compositions of …

For decades, embedded systems, ranging from intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance (ISR) sensors to electronic warfare and electronic signal intelligence …

A distributed environment, such as with IoT, drastically increases the overall cyber-attack
surface. This heightens the need to maintain the highest level of trust for each system …

Software security solutions are often considered to be more adaptable than their hardware
counterparts. However, software has to work within the limitations of the system hardware …

Application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are commonly used to implement high-
performance signal-processing systems for high-volume applications, but their high …