CHANTILLY, Va., Sept. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Perspecta
Inc. (NYSE: PRSP) announced today that its innovative applied
research arm, Perspecta Labs, has been named a recipient of the
2019 Industry Innovator award. The company will receive its award
at the Government Innovation Awards dinner on Nov. 7, 2019 in Tysons
Corner, Va.
Organized by 1105 Media publications, the Industry Innovator
award recognizes private-sector companies' vital role in advancing
government IT. Perspecta Labs received this award for its
situational awareness and monitoring, cyber-weapon hunting and
dynamic network reconfiguration technologies exercised under the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Rapid Attack
Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems (RADICS)
program.
"We have always considered Perspecta Labs a key differentiator
for Perspecta," said Mac Curtis,
president and CEO, Perspecta. "But it's not the fact that we have
an applied research lab that makes the difference. It's that we
invent real solutions, leveraging emerging technologies, to solve
real problems and advance our customers' missions. That's real
innovation. I am so proud of the Perspecta Labs team for receiving
this well-deserved award."
The three technologies Perspecta Labs introduced under the DARPA
RADICS program are: SHERLOC (Scalable and Holistic Energy Cyber
Weapon Localization and Characterization), MANTESSA
(Machine-Intelligence for Advance Notification of Threats and
Energy-Grid Survivable Situational Awareness) and DADC (Distributed
Assured and Dynamic Configuration).
- SHERLOC is a sensor-based, integrated three-axis cyber-weapon
hunting system for the power grid. Its main goal is to expedite
commercial power restoration by mechanizing critical cyber and
power knowledge and automating tasks to rapidly identify
compromised equipment, characterize the nature of the attack and
malware that has gained access to US infrastructure, and support
remediation and restoration efforts
- MANTESSA is a cyber-physical early detection and situational
awareness system featuring advanced machine learning techniques to
detect and analyze the effects of cyberattacks through large-scale
power grid analysis, Bayesian inferencing and social media
analysis
- DADC is a network configuration synthesis, analysis,
visualization and emulation tool to efficiently create a secure
emergency network using constraint solver technology
"Our successes on the RADICS program are a testament to our
ability to transform our research into real solutions while working
closely with our DARPA customer to achieve every major program
milestone along the way," said Petros Mouchtaris, Ph.D., president
of Perspecta Labs. "We are honored to be a part of this
mission-critical, national security program and are proud to have
that work recognized with the Industry Innovator award."
Perspecta Labs' SHERLOC, MANTESSA and DADC technologies were
tested over the course of six RADICS exercises, the most recent of
which occurred in May 2019. In
collaboration with the Department of Energy, its Liberty Eclipse
program and the Department of Homeland Security, the exercises
tested grid recovery tools during a staged, multi-faceted
cyberattack on a model U.S. power grid built on Plum Island, N.Y.
Through these realistic exercises, Perspecta Labs validated the
success of the research behind its three technologies working
side-by-side with utility transition partners, National Guard first
responders and invited observers to improve the usability, expand
tool capabilities and continue commercial transition. As part
of the technology transition efforts, select innovations developed
on RADICS are being offered as part of Perspecta Labs'
SecureSmart™ critical infrastructure solution
line.
About Perspecta Inc.
At Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP), we question, we seek and we solve.
Perspecta brings a diverse set of capabilities to our U.S.
government customers in defense, intelligence, civilian, health
care and state and local markets. Our 270+ issued, licensed and
pending patents are more than just pieces of paper, they tell the
story of our innovation. With offerings in mission services,
digital transformation and enterprise operations, our team of
14,000 engineers, analysts, investigators and architects work
tirelessly to not only execute the mission, but build and support
the backbone that enables it. Perspecta was formed to take on big
challenges. We are an engine for growth and success and we enable
our customers to build a better nation. For more information
about Perspecta, visit perspecta.com.
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Perspecta believes that the expectations reflected in these
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a variety of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results
to differ materially from what may be expressed or implied in these
forward-looking statements.
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