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Galois Wins $1.7 Million DHS Contract To Defend Against DDOS Cyber Attacks

Wednesday, January 13th, 2016

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded Galois a $1.7 million contract to develop a technology capable of defending against sophisticated Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, the company said Jan. 11.This contract is part of the S&T Cyber Security Division’s larger DDoS Defense (DDoSD) program.DDoS attacks bring down websites by overwhelming it with traffic. Galois highlighted its project, DDoS Defense for a Community of Peers (3DCop), uses peer-to-peer collaboration mechanisms for organizations to work…

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