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DARPA Organizes Industry Cyber Discussion Day

Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

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DARPA Organizes Industry Cyber Discussion Day

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is sponsoring a “Proposers Day” to provide information to potential proposers on the objectives of a potential cybersecurity Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), the agency said Tuesday.The BAA is for the future Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization (RADICS) program. This program is directed to develop innovative technologies for detecting and responding to cyber attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, particularly the parts essential to Defense Department mission effectiveness, the agency announced on the FedBizOpps…

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