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DHS Allows Commercial Licensing of Network Anomaly-Detection Technology

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate's fourth technology, a network anomaly-detection tool, has “successfully advanced through the Transition to Practice (TTP) program to the commercial market,” a DHS news release said Tuesday. Known as the PathScan technology,…

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it was developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory, and “quickly detects the movements of hackers once they breach the network and allows operational teams to quickly defend network information,” the agency said. DHS Undersecretary-Science and Technology Reginald Brothers said innovative technology solutions are “key to keeping pace with today’s cyber threats,” and the TTP program bridges the gap between private sector and national labs to help transition lab technology to the commercial market. The technology has been licensed to Ernst & Young, said DHS.