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Framework for Computing Assurance Measurements based on Evolving Resilience Metrics (FRAMER)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W911QX-13-C-0101
Agency Tracking Number: O123-IA3-2018
Amount: $149,975.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: OSD12-IA3
Solicitation Number: 2012.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2012
Award Year: 2013
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2013-06-10
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2013-12-10
Small Business Information
625 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA -
United States
DUNS: 115243701
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Erik Thomsen
 Senior Scientist
 (617) 491-3474
 ethomsen@cra.com
Business Contact
 Mark Felix
Title: Contracts Manager
Phone: (617) 491-3474
Email: mfelix@cra.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

As command and control, doctrine, and tactics evolve with the cyber network at its core, mission-critical tasks increasingly rely on the integrity and responsiveness of the network and other cyber assets. While this trend has acted as a tremendous force multiplier and OPTEMPO accelerator, two major concerns arise: (1) network usage demands will soon outstrip the capabilities of a resource-constrained network (e.g., download requests for UAV data exceeding available bandwidth); and (2) the growing capabilities of adversaries to wage cyber warfare will disrupt networks. To assess mission assurance based on the resilience and criticality of cyber assets, we propose to design and demonstrate a Framework for Computing Assurance Measurements based on Evolving Resilience Metrics (FRAMER) that measures mission assurance through cyber asset resilience and criticality metrics. FRAMER introduces a new set of criticality and resilience metrics by maintaining a constantly evolving set of mappings between cyber assets and prioritized mission elements. Together, the mappings and relationships drive the derivation of criticality and resilience measures for each cyber asset. FRAMER assesses mission assurance for each mission by aggregating the criticality and resilience of each cyber asset mapped to a collection of missions.

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