Create a Quantifiably-Assured Microelectronics Pipeline – Development
Abstract
DoD is investing in next-generation disruptive technology, leveraging U.S. innovation, and transitioning materials, architectures, and designs into prototype capabilities for use by multiple industrial sectors. This and additional targeted investments in workforce will begin to address long-term talent needs. In addition, the Department will continue to enhance its partnership with industry to mitigate supply chain risks. Significant increases in assurance and protection of DoD technical data and components will be achieved through improvements in design practices, modern commercial security practices, and advanced packaging and chain of custody technologies. This activity, along with continued engagements and partnerships with industry will foster necessary security features in commercial products and infrastructure that will facilitate long-term assured access for the U.S. Government to commercial advanced SOTA technology providers. This project funds the operation hardware assurance(HwA) support to DoD programs and organizations of the Joint Federated Assurance Center (JFAC), established in National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Sec 937, to increase DoD’s HwA by providing engineering tools, technical services, best practices, innovative technologies and other assistance to programs to detect, assess, prioritize, and mitigate vulnerabilities from hardware attacks and assurance against supply chain exploitation vulnerabilities. The JFAC will provide capabilities for programs to keep assessment findings throughout the life cycle of their systems for data mining (e.g., documentation on rationale for previous mitigation decisions). The collaboration between the JFAC and program offices will help mitigate existing and emerging critical threats and vulnerabilities in hardware available to all DoD programs. DoD is required to establish assured supply chain and operational security standards for the purchase of all (Commercial and Custom) microelectronics and protection of Intellectual Property across the entire lifecycle. ME Assurance Framework addresses FY20 NDAA Sect 224 requirement for trusted supply chain and operational security standards. Accelerate the adoption of ME Assurance Framework utilizing microelectronics quantifiable assurance with multiple DoD pilot programs. This includes developing program guidance on baseline threats and mitigations per required level of assurance. This requires working closely with commercial industry, the defense industrial base and government JFAC subject matter experts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- ae9dbefe2fc266c5922bffd2931da01b