
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 Monday.This contract is part of the S&T Cyber Security Division’s larger DDoS Defense (DDoSD) program.DDoS attacks bring down websites by overwhelming them with traffic. Galois said its project, DDoS Defense for a Community of Peers (3DCop), uses peer-to-peer collaboration mechanisms for organizations to work together…