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IARPA RFI Seeks Information On Research In Deception For Cyber Defenses

Thursday, June 9th, 2016

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IARPA RFI Seeks Information On Research In Deception For Cyber Defenses

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) posted a Request for Information (RFI) seeking information on research efforts in the use of deception for cyber defenses, the agency said in a FedBizOpps posting Monday.IARPA said that while denial and deception (D&D) has been used by militaries for defense it can also be looked at similarly for increasing cyber defense posture and resiliency.“Adapting D&D to support the engagement of cyber adversaries…

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