This is a federal contract award for "Project ASCEND Phase 1" under Contract Number N6600124C4505 issued by the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWARSYSCOM) to Sri International, a non-profit research and development organization. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract with a ceiling value of $25,432,998.00 and a completion date of October 21, 2027. The contract does not have a small business set-aside designation.
The contract involves research and development work on cyberpsychology-informed defenses, including identifying and measuring cognitive vulnerabilities (cogvulns) of cyber attackers, developing bias sensors and triggers, and producing a playbook to facilitate the use of this knowledge. Sri International is the prime contractor, with several subcontractors supporting the work, including Simspace Corp, University of Florida, Virtual Reality Medical Center, and Margin Research LLC.
This contract award is associated with a broader Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) called the "Reimagining Security with Cyberpsychology-Informed Network Defenses (ReSCIND)" program, which aims to advance the development of cybersecurity capabilities informed by psychological principles.
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