Hardware/Software (HW/SW) Assurance and Integrity Analysis
Abstract
The Department of Defense (DoD) has developed a trusted systems strategy including focusing efforts on mission assurance, comprehensive protection planning, industry standards, and advancing DoD's capability to identify and mitigate HW/SW vulnerabilities through science and technology (S&T). These HW/SW Assurance projects directly support all elements in the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Section 937. This program established the Joint Federated Assurance Center (JFAC) that federates hardware and software assurance expertise and capabilities throughout DoD and makes the capabilities directly available to programs. The JFAC provides tools, services, best practices, contract language, and other help to programs that detect, assess, prioritize, and mitigate mission critical vulnerabilities to malicious software attacks and supply chain exploitation vulnerabilities. The collaboration helps mitigate existing and emerging critical threats and vulnerabilities in both SW and HW and yields secure architecture and design patterns available to all DoD programs. Trusted and Assured Microelectronics Program Elements 0604294D8Z BA4 and 0605294D8Z BA5 demonstrate these capabilities and augment the hardware assurance capabilities of the JFAC.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 6ad1bb6bbbef486d46be91a76a5f8ada