Automated Tools for Software Protection Technology Insertion

Protection of critical software from unauthorized distribution and exploitation is critical for many DoD applications. Software written for these applications is completed using commercial design and development toolsets. While the output of these toolsets can take many forms (source code, binary code, etc.), all these formats are subject to unauthorized distribution, tampering and/or reverse engineering. The primary problem becomes the protection of DoD's critical source and/or executable codes, including binary object code. Tools and methods are needed to implement a "Protect/Detect/React" system that protects the DoD's software. Space Micro has teamed with Accord Solutions and CyberDog Communication, to develop interrelated technologies that provide protection for source and executable codes. The technologies, called Object Level FirewallsT (OLFW), Reconfigurable Architecture for Software Protection (RASP) and Hidden Op Codes (HOP) provide very strong and easy-to-use protection. These technologies provide for "protection" of software, but do not include the "detect" and "react" portions of the problem. The innovation proposed, called "AutoSafe", is to use the Customer Authentication Security Server (CASS), which is embedded within each technology, to create an automated system of inserting the desired level of protection, while also adding the "detect" and "react" functions into a fully automated software protection system.