ABSTRACT

This chapter covers the unclassified cybersecurity research information provided by Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) and In-Q-Tel. The IARPA invests in high-risk, high-payoff research programs to tackle some of the most difficult challenges of the agencies and disciplines in the IC. IARPA collaborates across the IC to ensure that research addresses relevant future needs. This cross-community focus ensures the ability to: address cross-agency challenges; leverage both operational and research and development (R&D) expertise from across the IC; and coordinate transition strategies with agency partners. In-Q-Tel is investing in R&D projects that are of interest to IC. IARPA expects that offerors will identify, create, and evaluate several novel unconventional signals from novel data sources to develop their sensors. IARPA expects that external data acquisition will require significant resources by each performer, and expects that external data requirements will likely overlap across performers.