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SPECS: Security Policy Enforcement and Compliance System

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense
Branch:
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Award ID:
78764
Program Year/Program:
2007 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
O053-NC6-1030
Solicitation Year:
N/A
Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A
Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
21st Century Technologies Inc.
6011 West Courtyard Drive Bldg 5, Suite 300 Austin, TX 78730-
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Woman-Owned: Yes
Minority-Owned: Yes
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2007
Title: SPECS: Security Policy Enforcement and Compliance System
Agency / Branch: DOD / OSD
Contract: FA8750-07-C-0224
Award Amount: $374,579.00
 

Abstract:

21st Century Technologies presents this Phase II SBIR effort, entitled: Security Policy Enforcement and Compliance System (SPECS). SPECS is a framework for managing security policy on super-sized, diverse and dynamic networks. SPECS automates policy management by encoding policies in an ontology to facilitate automated enforcement given operational requirements. By linking policies to the controls that enforce them, SPECS can rapidly deploy existing policies into new or changing operational environments, and it can update existing environments in response to changes in the policies themselves. This end-to-end modeling also enables SPECS to quickly assess compliance for assured levels of network security. Building on the foundation of the Phase I effort, the SPECS Phase II effort will focus on the domain of information security policy management. Through discussion with subject matter experts, 21CT has recognized that a technology to provide automated information security policy management has extraordinary marketability not only within the DoD, but commercially to companies of all levels, from small business to multi-national corporations. Despite this focus, the SPECS solution is designed to cover many aspects of computer security.

Principal Investigator:

Robert Morgan
Technical Lead
5123420010
rmorgan@21technologies.com

Business Contact:

Irene Williams
Chief Operations Officer
5123420010
SBIR_ADMIN@21technologies.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
4515 Seton Center Parkway Suite 320 Austin, TX 78759

EIN/Tax ID: 541719551
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No