Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need

ReFirm Labs desires to provide the Air Force visibility into malicious backdoors and latent vulnerabilities in IoT and embedded firmware that pose a significant threat to national security and effectiveness of the warfighter. ReFirm Labs’ Centrifuge Platform is a proactive firmware security solution that finds vulnerabilities before attacks happen by identifying and reporting potential zero-day vulnerabilities, hidden crypto keys, backdoor passwords, and already known vulnerabilities in devices without needing access to source code. Centrifuge is unique in its ability to perform firmware analysis without needing access to source code, making it ideal for addressing supply chain security risk. Developed by former offensive cyber-operators at the NSA, the Centrifuge Platform is being successfully used to evaluate firmware and protect supply chain for major customers including AT&T, Charter Communications and Canadian Nuclear Labs.