NexiTech wins cyber defence technologies development contract from DHS

Software firm NexiTech has been awarded a contract from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) to develop defence technologies for cyber threat mitigation.

As part of S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP), the contract aims to develop active cyber defence technologies to counter the challenges faced by DHS, private, public and financial sectors.

NexiTech president and CEO Donald Matthews said: “This project could potentially be of great interest to CIOs at financial services firms, as well as the many IT professionals specializing in data storage at those firms, not to mention the dedicated professionals at the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies who safeguard much of our nation’s critical data.

“The impact of this project would be felt in the commercial market for storage arrays, backup appliances and storage area networks.”

SVIP supports DHS in finding technological solutions that strengthen the national security.

Matthews further added: “Our patent-pending Moving Target Defense technology uses storage virtualisation techniques to create multiple abstractions of a device that will confuse potential attackers.  We are very excited to be working with DHS in addressing the ever-growing issue of cyber threats to our critical national infrastructure.”

Located in Woodland Park and Broomfield CO, NexiTech provides storage networking solutions and advanced cybersecurity techniques.