Part-Time IT Support Services RAF Mildenhall
NOTE: This position is for an OCONUS/Overseas location.
*This is a Resolicitation of FA558720R0006*
Non-personal services in support of U.S. Air Force voluntary off-duty education program for information technology support and assistance for RAF Mildenhall Education Center. The contractor will provide hardware and software system administration on all government computers and other base education center technology systems; install new systesms, establish procedures for safeguarding all critical data, assist with resolution of computer/system related issues, provide proper information security on all systems, and any other required tasks as defined in the Performance Work Statement.
This is a part-time equivalent position to assist with ensuring the Education Center office and testing room computers and peripherals are maintained and that testing is not interrupted due to equipment and network issues.
All offers are due NLT 1230 BST 27 July 2020. Please contact the contract specialist with any questions or concerns.
FA558720R0006A Department of the Air Force United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa
6/29/20, 3:19 AM C&A/A&A RMF Package Creation and Maintenance Support
This solicitation seeks proposals for Risk Management Framework (RMF) security authorization packages and maintenance support services. The Naval Sea Systems Command intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract utilizing simplified acquisition procedures in accordance with FAR 13.5. Proposals will be evaluated based on a best value tradeoff methodology as described in the Source Selection Evaluation Factor attachment. Quotes are due no later than January 6, 2020. Questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted by email no later than December 30, 2019.
This requirement is set aside 100% for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. The place of performance is Dahlgren, Virginia. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management to be eligible for award. There is no stated budget or value associated with this requirement. The NAICS code is 541511 and PSC code is D302. Performance will include the creation and ongoing maintenance of RMF packages to support the Naval Sea Systems Command.
N0017820R2304 Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command
12/19/19, 5:38 PM Network Control for Industrial Control Systems
TECHNOLOGY/LICENSING OPPORTUNITY
Network Control for Industrial Control Systems
Designed to Protect Against Several Classes of Cyberattack
Opportunity: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), managed and operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA), is offering the opportunity to enter into a license and/or collaborative research agreement to commercialize the Network Control for Industrial Control Systems technology.
Background: An experiment conducted in 2005 by INL found that with little knowledge of control systems and their protocols, one could send unauthorized traffic on a network, thereby creating disruptions, and blind the operator to operations of the control system. From this experimental work, INL researchers understood traditional IT-centric tools were not adequate for this application. Better and more focused tools needed to be developed that are “ICS-aware,” (i.e. able to dive into the application layer and determine which messages were legitimate and which were not. The problem was that the tools and equipment were not open; network operating systems and firewalls relied on proprietary code that could not easily be modified by the end user. With the relatively recent advent of software defined networking (SDN), changes have been noted in the market.
Description: Researchers at INL have created custom code allow SDN to monitor and control at the application (protocol) layer, thereby enabling rules specific to control systems to be created and changed in real time. The basic premise is to create what can be thought of as a control system for network traffic. The traditional network switch becomes a controller, much like a PLC or RTUE in a traditional control system. Additionally, the system includes a human-machine interface in order to present an operational picture of the network to the operator and allow them to control traffic in real time, using an out-of-band channel that prevents the HMI or controller from being compromised.
Applications: The Network Control technology will be of most interest to companies interested in fine tuning industrial and/or hard-to-manage protocols, as well as companies that wish to lower the risk of intrusions by limiting the type of industrial commands that can cross their OT network. This could include end users, network equipment manufacturers, and control system manufacturers.
Advantages: Alternative systems appear to be software-only solutions designed to be installed in just a few locations in a network. INL’s system is the only technology to include both a hardware and software solution fully scalable to protect large systems, which can consist of thousands of individual endpoints monitoring hundreds of thousands of input/output points. INL’s solution extends SDN for a scalable solution that can be applied to most, if not all, OT protocols using the same basic mechanisms.
Impact: This technology has the potential to greatly impact the security of Industrial Control Systems. This security results in greater piece of mind and potential cost savings from not having to retroactively deal with security threats and issues.
Development: This technology has been tested at bench-scale to demonstrate technical feasibility and functionality.
IP Status: Patent Application No. PCT/US/36787, “Smart Network Switching Systems and Related Methods.”
INL is seeking to license the above intellectual property to a company with a demonstrated ability to bring such inventions to the market. Exclusive rights in defined fields of use may be available.
Please visit Technology Deployment’s website at https://inl.gov/inl-initiatives/technology-deployment for more information on working with INL and the industrial partnering and technology transfer process.
Companies interested in learning more about this licensing opportunity should contact Jon Cook at jonathan.cook@inl.gov.
BA-996 Department of Energy
12/5/19, 4:20 PM WiFIRE - Wireless Radio Frequency Signal Identification and protocol Reverse Engineering
TECHNOLOGY/LICENSING OPPORTUNITY
Wireless Radio Frequency Signal Identification and protocol Reverse Engineering (WiFIRE)
Opportunity: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), managed and operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA), is offering the opportunity to enter into a license and/or collaborative research agreement to commercialize the WiFIRE technology.
Background: Wireless devices are widely used in public safety, emergency response, and critical infrastructure applications, as well as in broad general use for information exchange. Until recently, these signals had to be interpreted using specially-designed hardware that could receive, process, and interpret the complex waveforms. Software-defined radios (SDRs) are upcoming radio communication systems where components that have been typically implemented in hardware are instead implemented by means of software on a computer or embedded system. The emergence of SDRs, and the difficulty of analyzing radio frequency traffic, provide an environment where malicious hackers can compromise and tamper with critical systems or steal information. Spectral analyzers exist that can show what is being transferred across different frequency bands, but very little exists that can interpret those signals to understand what type of data is being transferred, and to identify the devices emitting these signals.
Description: Researchers at INL have developed methods and systems for capturing and analyzing the radio frequency (RF) traffic, identifying the protocols in use, and locating the device(s) emitting the signals. The Wireless Radio Frequency Signal Identification and protocol Reverse Engineering (WiFIRE) automatically analyzes the RF emanations to determine protocols in use in real time, as opposed to capturing the data and analyzing it later as current systems do.
Applications: Wireless communications technology and wireless devices will continue to increase in numbers, power, and capabilities. This system would provide an additional layer of defense against intrusion and identification of the wireless signals present or absent from an environment and an identification of communicating wireless devices. WiFIRE has many applications including critical infrastructure and other control system environments, military, police, business and organization IT, cybersecurity, electronics manufacturing, and wireless security. WiFIRE provides valuable security applications across any RF traffic.
Advantages: WiFIRE provides automatic, real-time RF traffic analysis, which provides an automated solution to easily identify and study exposed surfaces of wireless systems. It can operate across a broad range of frequencies and monitor packets from live wireless connections, or captured wireless network traffic, that use a wide variety of protocols. WiFIRE can also monitor the interior of buildings, or geographic areas, to identify wireless activities. Another advantage is its ability to detect wireless devices going into prohibited areas and detect intruders carrying wireless devices into a geographic area.
Impact: The biggest impact of WiFIRE is increased security. WiFIRE provides insight into the wireless signals moving through an environment , the behavior of wireless devices, and the ability to learn about these devices with wireless monitoring and optional interrogation. WiFIRE is an essential element for providing security to wireless devices and networks. Fewer security risks and threats result in potential time, energy, and cost savings.
Development: This technology has been tested and validated at the bench scale. Additional development will be required to demonstrate a pilot scale process.
IP Status: US Patent Application No. PCT/US19/32845, “Spectrum Monitoring and Analysis, and Related Methods, Systems, and Devices.”
INL is seeking to license the above intellectual property to a company with a demonstrated ability to bring such inventions to the market. Exclusive rights in defined fields of use may be available.
Please visit Technology Deployment’s website at https://inl.gov/inl-initiatives/technology-deployment for more information on working with INL and the industrial partnering and technology transfer process.
Companies interested in learning more about this licensing opportunity should contact Jon Cook at jonathan.cook@inl.gov.
BA-961 Department of Energy
12/16/19, 5:11 PM