SBIR/STTR Award attributes
It is clear that while there is a need to develop novel new encryptors performance wise, there is also NSA ATO policy to satisfy. Therefore, instead of proposing entirely new theoretical encryption methods that will likely either be impossible (or require many years) to approve, Mimyr proposes a reconfigurable encryption platform with reduced ATO risk that can be used by the Navy rapidly. Mimyr’s SECURE: Software Enabled Cybersecurity in an Unattended and Reduced Envelope is a general-purpose processor and virtualized, containerized management encryption platform. This platform allows NSA approved software packages to be securely installed and run in various combinations to create desired encryption functionalities. Rather than having to modify hardware or firmware like in legacy encryptors, SECURE can be updated and reconfigured on the fly by simply loading approved software configurations. This provides a variety of benefits over hard coded firmware commonly found in legacy encryptors. They are all enabled by the key innovation of using virtualization with preapproved NSA elements to provide flexibility while maintaining trust in the system.
