SBIR/STTR Research Award
Defenses against Reverse Engineering
Award amount
$99,921Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- GRAMMATECH INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- CBXRSPNRF8F9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Existing software systems face the threat of reverse engineering. Given enough time and resources, a determined hacker can recover the design of a software program by examining its binary. The consequences of this can be dramatic: the hacker may gainunauthorized access to sensitive computer systems, allowing him to wreak untold havoc. At worst, this may allow him to compromise national security, or to perpetrate a terrorist attack. A more common result is for the hacker to
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- REAFFIRM: Reverse Engineer, Analyze, and Fix Firmware
- Scalpel-Debloat
- FPGA Hardening Against Vulnerabilities and Radiation Effects
- CRAM: C++ to Rust Assisted Migration PH2
- Automated Malware Generation for Avionics Cyber Resiliency
Research funding history
132 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1989–2025). Reported award amounts total $51,342,070. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce