Assured Mobile Platform (AMP)
Abstract
The Assured Mobile Platform (AMP) program will develop and demonstrate the technologies required to secure wireless mobile devices. As in the civilian world, the military is making increasing use of wireless devices such as smartphones and personal digital assistants. These devices integrate computational and wireless networking elements that are controlled by a so-called "mobile platform". The mobile platform integrates a computer operating system with software for controlling the wireless component. Because mobile devices have very limited size, weight, and power, the mobile platform must be very efficient and so can devote only a limited share of its computational resources to security. This makes securing mobile wireless devices a challenge. Cross-layer approaches are extremely promising due to the emergence of low-cost electronically-steerable antenna arrays suitable for mobile devices. Another approach is to utilize off-board security resources accessed via the cloud, in effect "security reach-back". AMP will develop, mature, and integrate these technologies to produce a mobile platform that provides a high level of assurance for military users.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- fb175893e7cfb8de3e8368463ec58669