DHS SVIP COVID Topic Call VirtualIndustryDay Presentation FINAL.pdf

DHS Science & Technology Directorate

Silicon Valley Innovation Program Emerging Needs: Covid-19 response & future mitigation

Virtual industry day

18 August 2020

Agenda Welcome and Introductions

Silicon Valley Innovation Program: How DHS Works with Startups

DHS Science & Technology’s Role in COVID-19 Response

Use Case #3: Methods to Rapidly Disinfect Surfaces at TSA Checkpoints & DHS Facilities

Use Case #2: Video Analytics for Self-Screening at TSA Checkpoints

Use Case #1: Testing and Validation Services for Contact Tracing Apps

15 Minute Break

Use Case #4: Collection and Integration of Authoritative Quantitative Open Source Information

Use Case #5: Stand-Off Methods for Point of Entry Detection at DHS Facilities

SVIP Application Process & Things You Need to Know

Adjourn 2

Today’s speakers Melissa Oh, SVIP Managing Director

Tod Companion, Program Management Coordinator, Mission Capability Support, DHS S&T

Lloyd Hough, Lead, Hazard Awareness & Characterization Technology Center, DHS S&T

John Fortune, Screening at Speed Program Manager, DHS S&T

Anil John, SVIP Technical Director

Teresa Quitugua, Deputy Director, National Biosurveillance Integration Center

Kevin Grottle, Program Manager, DHS S&T

Silicon Valley Innovation Program:

How DHS Works with Startups

Melissa Oh | SVIP Managing Director

SVIP Overview

What we do

• Expanding DHS’s reach to find new technologies that strengthen national security with the goal of reshaping how government, entrepreneurs and industry work together to find cutting-edge solutions

How we do it

• Leveraging commercial technologies developed by early stage startups & adapt to meet DHS needs

• Utilizing Other Transaction Authority to attract innovators & contract quickly following competition & review

Who we work with

• Partnering with DHS components that participate from problem definition, selection to adaptation & pilot

• Non-traditional small businesses (<200 employees), no FAR-based contract/grant (>$1M) in last 12 mos

Silicon valley innovation program

Cultivate:

Educate the innovation community on DHS’s mission and challenges.

Innovate:

Leverage commercial investments & adapt to meet government needs.

Application summary

Topic Call DHS operational agency describes need

Application Startup submits 10 page application laying out how their commercial product can be adapted to meet DHS need

Pitch Select startups invited to to provide 15 minute virtual pitch; Courtesy decision provided within 48 hours

Award Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) awarded on average within 45 days

Program summary Up to $800K over 24 months • 3-4 tranches of non-dilutive funding ($50-200K/3-6 months)

Phase 1:

Demo proof of concept

Phase 2:

Demo prototype

Phase 3:

Pilot-test in operations

Phase 4:

Test in various operational scenarios benefits

Equity-Free Network Mentorship

Market Validation Amplify Your Reach Follow-On Funding

Svip Topic calls

K9 Wearables

Big Data

Drones/sUAS

Fintech Cybersecurity

First Responder Tech

Identity and Anti-Spoofing

Seamless TravelAviation Security

Internet of Things Security

BlockchainMaritime Security

COVID-19 Response

Successful Transitions

Funded Topics

Contract Awards

Phase IV Awards

$20M+ Awarded Funding

Startups Funded

Phase I

Applications

SVIP By the numbers

Format for use case and q&A session

Use Case Overview

• 10-15 minutes overview

• Please submit questions during presentation via Q&A box

Q&A

• 15-20 minutes for Q&A

• We’ll post answers from this session to beta.sam.gov page in a week

DHS Science & Technology’s Role with COVID-19 Response

Tod Companion | Program Management Coordinator, Mission Capability Support, DHS S&T

Use case #3: Methods to Rapidly Disinfect Surfaces at TSA Checkpoints & DHS Facilities

Overview and Q&A

Lloyd hough | Lead, Hazard Awareness & Characterization Technology Center, dhs S&T

Use case #3

• In order to resume TSA airport security checkpoint operations while keeping the wait time pace as comparable to pre-pandemic operating conditions as possible, methods for rapidly disinfecting checkpoint surfaces are needed. Ideally, such disinfecting mechanisms could be activated automatically and unattended.

• This need is also applicable to other DHS security checkpoints and facilities, including but not limited to, offices, conference rooms, and hotel suites. DHS requests technology solutions to disinfect physical spaces in two scenarios - before occupancy of the room and during occupancy of the room. The use of validated and certified products, technologies, and methods (EPA, CDC, FDA, etc.) are preferred for each scenario.

• Any proposed products, technologies and methods should include information on technology and product validation with scientifically demonstrated effectiveness against coronaviruses, cost, consumables, maintenance, noise, weight, potential secondary hazards, operator/occupant safety issues, CONOPS, quality assurance methods, conflicts with current CDC, EPA, FDA standards or best practices. For disinfection of spaces during occupancy, ease of installation and removal of any proposed technologies or systems should also be addressed.

• Additionally, alternatives to alcohol-based hand rubs are being explored to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission from contaminated hands. It is expected that alternative solutions may reduce transmission through inactivating the virus, preventing virus from settling on or adhering to skin, or by acting as a barrier to virus entry into the mouth, nose, or eyes.

Solutions shall be non- invasive, topical, meet applicable product safety requirements and regulations, and have no adverse effects to the skin or human health. An ideal solution should inactivate the virus within 30 seconds of contact and provide continuous or long-term (e.g. six hours) protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. 15

Use case #2: Video Analytics for Self-Screening at TSA Checkpoints

Overview and Q&A

John Fortune | screening at speed program manager, dhs S&T

DHS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Use Case 2 Video Analytics for Self-Screening at TSA Checkpoints

Dr. John Fortune

Program Manager, Screening at Speed Science and Technology Directorate

August 18, 2020

Cleared for Public Release

Screening at Speed Concepts

Macrosecurity Incorporate prior known data

System of

Systems Better Sensors Collect more useful data

Deep Learning Derive more value from current data

Distributed Sensing More opportunities to gather data

Screening at Speed pursues transformative R&D activities that support a future vision for increasing security effectiveness from curb to gate while dramatically reducing wait times and improving the passenger experience.

R&D Efforts

Passenger Analysis

Passenger Screening

Carry-On Screening

Enabling Capabilities

Overarching Architecture

Screening at Speed Core Capabilities

• Upgrade detection components as capabilities become available, combine capabilities for flexible concepts of operations

Modularization

• Share data across sensors, fused with passenger metadata Integration

• Independently develop and upgrade hardware and algorithms Open Architectures

• Leverage identity while respecting privacy to inform algorithms and implement risk-based security within a single lane

Identity Management

• Deploy high performance computing with high speed interconnects for faster decisions and fewer pat-downs and bag searches

Throughput

Self-Screening Concept Overview

Self-Screening is a system of systems that allows an individual to complete the screening process, and resolve system alarms, independent of outside instruction or oversight.

Self-Screening Concept Objectives

§ Self-sufficient checkpoint security screening process that improves the TSA PreP® passenger experience § Security posture aligned to TSA PreP® screening standards, with the potential to meet full standard screening capabilities as components are fully assessed § On-person and accessible property screening subjected to a singular screening system concurrently § Provide on-person alarm resolution information during divestment; passenger self-resolution of alarm(s) via system instruction and further divestment § Provide immediate in-property alarm information following accessible property screening, to include directions for passenger self-resolution of alarms through the repositioning of items and/or abandonment of prohibited materials

Self-Screening Tenets for Consideration

§ Compactness: System components should be configured to be as small as possible, while still meeting quality standards needed for security screening and provide a suitable environment for comfortable passenger property screening divestment.

§ Independent Passenger Utilization: System components and alarm outputs should be designed to be intuitive for ease of passenger use, without the need for TSO guidance.

§ Security by Design: System components and security processes should be designed to achieve all necessary security objectives without the need for additional action (outside of carry-on item divestment into a property screening system) by the passenger.

§ Minimal Supervision: System screening technologies, access control components, and security processes should be designed to effectively ensure compliance with, and completion of, security requirements without the need for TSO supervision.

Use Case 2:

Video Analytic Concepts

Anomaly Detection

• Attempting to thwart self-screening processes

• Probing the self-screening process to identify vulnerabilities

• Passengers struggling with instructions, unlikely to complete the process successfully

Concepts of Operation

• Following instructions

• e.g. social distancing

• Identify oversize items that are not suitable for self-screening

• Identifying when a passenger enters/exits a “pod”

Counting and Measuring

• Throughput metrics

• Time for each step in the process

• Time per TSO engagement

• Pat downs

• Bag searches

• etc.

DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES + SHARED GOALS = POWERFUL SOLUTIONS

Questions?

Use case #1: Testing and Validation Services for Contact Tracing Apps

Overview and Q&A

Anil john | SVIP technical Director

Use case #1

• DHS has concerns that this technical approach to contact tracing has significant privacy and civil liberty implications

• DHS is seeking to enable a robust application testing ecosystem that that can be put into place that will rigorously test and evaluate these contact tracing applications to ensure that they are constrained to the designated and authorized purpose, and do not leak, share or in some other manner utilize the data that they have access to either directly or indirectly to compromise the privacy, security or civil liberties of the individuals who have entrusted their sensitive and personal information to them

• It is envisioned that this will result in a set of third-party test and validation service offerings following a two tier “freemium” model:

• The base tier would be offered free to the public and provides the core testing capability that evaluates the application using a clear and consistent set of privacy and security criteria that will be developed by a set of expert and publicly trusted entities as part of an open, inclusive process convened by DHS. It is fully expected that the results of this testing will be freely, openly and broadly disseminated by multiple entities in the public interest.

• It is expected that there may be a desire or intent by the test and validation service providers to offer paid value-added services on top of the free base tier. Provided that these paid service offerings do not compromise or constrain the robust and free base tier testing directly or through the introduction of perverse incentives, DHS remains open to evaluating these add on service offerings on a case by case basis with the clear expectation that they must not in any way compromise the security, privacy or civil liberties of the individual using the application.

15-minute break

Use case #4: Collection and Integration of Authoritative Quantitative Open Source Information

Overview and Q&A

Dr. Teresa quitugua | deputy director, national biosurveillance integration center (NBIC)

Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office

Teresa Quitugua, PhD Deputy Director

National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC) Information Analysis Directorate (IAD)

National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC) Orientation Briefing

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NBIC integrates, analyzes, and shares key information about health and disease events to help ensure US responses are well-informed, save lives, and minimize economic impact.

We are the only integrated biosurveillance capability authorized by public law to provide a fusion of human, animal, and environmental health threat information to support Federal, State, local, territorial, tribal (SLTT) communities.

NBIC Mission

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What Does NBIC Do?

Global Biological Event Coverage § Earliest detection as possible § Ongoing analysis

Drives the Development and Operational Use of New Capabilities § New data § New tools § New products

Federal, SLTT Partner Support § RFI response § Subject matter expertise § Connect information producers and consumers

Implements Strategies and Guidance § National Security Strategy § National Biodefense Strategy § CWMD Strategy § Integrated Biosurveillance Strategic Plan

Zika Early Detection

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Tools to help [identify], monitor, collect, integrate, and deconflict quantitative open-source information from authoritative sources (e.g., health departments).

NBIC Operational Need

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Data needs vary § Host affected (human, animal, plant) § Host symptoms and syndromes § Matrix affected (air, water, earth, food, pharmaceutical) § Sampling (matrix sampled, analyte measured, sample date, result date) § Etiologic agent (biological, chemical, radiological) § Exposures (personal contact, ingestion, air, time, location) § Time (reported, illness onset, recovery, death, exposure) § Location (GPS, city, county, state, country, depth) § Movement (people, goods, modes)

Reason for Surveillance Silos

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§ Data needed and available varies by type of event § Data collection and structure changes during an event

– Especially when new disease or issue

⁺ Public health data (cases and definition, deaths, symptoms) ⁺ Agricultural, wildlife data (premises) ⁺ Environmental sampling (air, water, earth) ⁺ Travel and trade patterns and volumes

§ Data is not standardized

– Languages, time frames, geographic specificity, authoritative definitions

Event-based Information Integration Challenges

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Data needs vary § Host affected

§ Host symptoms and syndromes

§ Matrix affected

§ Sampling

§ Etiologic agent

§ Exposures

§ Time

§ Location

§ Movement

Rapid means for analysts to mix, match, and modify modules in response to an event Need DATA, not just a UI

– Denominators

No black boxes

– Data Provenance

– Open Source Software

– Analytic Methods

Affordable

USG privacy & IT security requirements

Components of Operational Need

Use case #5: Stand-Off Methods for Point of Entry Detection at DHS Facilities

Overview and Q&A

Kevin grottle | program manager, dhs s&T

Use case #5

• In order to more cautiously resume operations at DHS facilities and offices, non-invasive, non- disruptive and privacy-preserving methods are needed to provide robust point of entry screening as employees and visitors enter a building or campus.

• It is envisioned that one or more tools can be created to support an initial COVID-19 screening measurement for triage use, that differ from standard market-available COTS “fever” detectors. Offerors are encouraged to propose alternative non-invasive, non-disruptive and privacy- preserving methods for entry screening.

• Because the diagnostic tool may be considered “medical devices”, the offeror should closely review applicable FDA documents such as “Enforcement Policy for Telethermographic Systems During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency” for guidance prior to submission.

SVIP application process & What you need to know

Melissa Oh | SVIP Managing Director

Eligibility to Participate in SVIP

• Have a DUNS Number. You can register for one at www.DNB.com

• Have less than 200 employees. This must take into account and include affiliated businesses, such as parent companies and subsidiaries, that are either in or outside of the USA.

• Have not been a party to any US Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) based contracts and/or federally awarded grants totaling more than $1,000,000 in the past 12 months, whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor. This total includes SBIRs.

• Do NOT have any Cost Accounting Standards Contracts with the US Federal government

How Startups Apply To Our Program

Review eligibility requirements on SVIP website to determine your eligibility

Head to beta.sam.gov to review the topic call solicitation to decide whether your solution applies

Submit application via email to DHS-Silicon-Valley@hq.dhs.gov using provided application form (available under each call on beta.sam.gov)

If application is selected, (1) Prepare 15 minute virtual oral pitch; (2) Register in sam.gov

If selected for funding, notified within 24-48 hours and DHS Procurement will contact you

Award timeframe estimate is 45 days from date of notification mailto:DHS-Silicon-Valley@hq.dhs.gov

Things to know

What DHS Wants

• To find innovative companies to help solve challenging homeland security (HS) technological use cases

• To lower the barrier of entry for non-traditional companies that may already have viable HS technologies

• To match viable HS technologies with a specific DHS or government customer base

Does NOT Want

• Core Intellectual Property (IP)

• All of your proprietary information

• To scare off your future investors by tying up your IP

• To impede future commercialization of your product(s) or acquisition of your business

Things to know – cont’d

IP Rights

• Startup retains Ownership of all IP you bring to the project

• Startup gains Ownership of all IP created under the OT Agreement

• DHS requires all Data to be marked, as is feasible, to ensure appropriate handling

Deliverables

• The “Deliverables” are the information, items, and materials (Data) that are specified in the OT

Agreement for delivery to the Government

• Startups must NOT deliver to the Government any proprietary information, item, or material not specified in the OT Agreement.

• Differentiation between “Deliverable” and “Milestone” when submitting application

Things to know – cont’d

Exchange & Handling of Sensitive Information

• Limit disclosure of Sensitive Information to the amount necessary to carry out work under this Agreement

• Notices must be prominently placed for all such business sensitive information

• Each Party agrees to use reasonable efforts to maintain the security of Sensitive Information

• The obligation to maintain confidentiality expires when the information is no longer deemed by its owner to be Sensitive Information

Acquisition of Your Business or Business Line

• The Government needs sixty (60) days notice prior to an acquisition of the entirety of your business or the business line which is responsible for performance of the OT Agreement

• Because there are legal restrictions regarding awarding OTs to nontraditional government contractors, an acquisition of your business by an entity that does not meet that requirement may require terminating the OT

• You must provide information about the specified Deliverables in the OT Agreement and how the

Government’s IP in such Deliverables will be protected

• No specific action is required other than the above 43

Next steps

Review Relevant Documents

• Visit the “Current Funding Opportunities” section of the SVIP website

• Under the “Emerging Needs: COVID-19 Response and Future Mitigation” topic call, click on the link to beta.sam.gov topic call page

• From beta.sam.gov topic call page, download:

1. Solicitation

2. Application

3. Application FAQs

• Application deadline is September 30 by 12:00pm PT/3:00 pm ET

SVIP Q&A

DHS Science & Technology Directorate

Silicon Valley Innovation Program dhs.gov/science-and-technology/svip dhs-silicon-valley@hq.dhs.gov dhsscitech • #SciTechSVIP

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