Kryptowire has received a 30-month $2.9 million research and development contract from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology branch to help identify vulnerabilities in mobile applications. The Mobile App Security projects aims to establish continuous automated assurance of mobile apps for the federal government by combining mobile app archiving and app vetting technologies as well as incorporating government and industry security standards. The results will be put into a report that is continuously maintained.
Implant Sciences [IMSC] has achieved its first significant sale of explosives trace detectors into the drug detection market, an order for 32 of its QS-B220 desktop ETDs to eight correctional facilities in Mexico. The units are replacing competing systems, Implant says. “Our Mexican customer was particularly impressed that our system has proven, in market after market, to deliver the highest performance and the lowest total cost of ownership and operation,” says Darryl Jones, vice president of Global Sales and Marketing for Implant. He adds that the company estimates the world drug detection market to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Department of Homeland Security plans to award XTec a task order to provide Executive Premier Maintenance Services for government-owned Enrollment/Issuance Workstations in support of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12. The value of the potential one-year order wasn’t disclosed. XTec is the prime contractor on a potential 10-year, $102.8 million DHS contract to implement credential and identity management solutions for the department and its components. DHS says that the executive maintenance services are needed to minimize downtime for critical equipment.