To that end, the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded a $760,000 grant to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to research and develop new mobile management tools.
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The final product will be based off of the Theseus mobile security management system and incorporate state-of-the-art software layer protections, as well as behavioral analysis and user authentication tools. The result will be a holistic mobile device management platform that protects the device and the network while also ensuring only authorized users gain access.
“Research in next-generation mobile security management tools will provide new technologies that will enable organizations to better understand the connection between threats and usage patterns within the mobile device,” said Vincent Sritapan, manager of DHS’s Mobile Device Security program. “With these new technologies we can accelerate the adoption of secure mobility for the department to help us succeed in our many missions.”
The award is part of a larger broad agency announcement for research services within DHS’s Cyber Security Division.
