CHANTILLY, Va., April 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Perspecta Inc.
(NYSE: PRSP), announced today that its innovative applied research
arm, Perspecta Labs, was awarded the Autonomous Defensive Cyber
Operations program from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities
Development Command, Command (CCDC), Control, Computers,
Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR), Space and Terrestrial Communications
Directorate. The program, which represents new work for the
company, has a five-year period of performance, including options
and total potential value of $14.5
million.
The objective of the program is to develop a suite of cyber
capabilities for the U.S. Army that are autonomous, secure, easy to
deploy and configure, adaptive and resilient to adversarial
deception. On the program, Perspecta Labs will research, design,
develop, demonstrate and deliver a machine learning for defensive
cyber operations solution for training, rapidly deploying and
retraining containerized cyber sensors that detect both known and
unknown vulnerabilities, attacks and malware. These highly
autonomous capabilities are lighter weight and much quicker to
respond than traditional approaches that require human intervention
which is critical in the dynamic and resource-constrained tactical
environment.
"Perspecta Labs will leverage its extensive expertise in machine
learning, cybersecurity and tactical networking to provide
innovative and effective autonomous defensive cyber operations to
the Army," said Petros Mouchtaris, Ph.D., president of Perspecta
Labs. "We are honored to have been selected to develop a solution
that meets the Army's tactical needs for autonomy, security, ease
of use, adaptability, efficiency and robustness."
Perspecta Labs' solution will utilize the company's novel
machine learning paradigm called LUPI (Learning Using Privileged
Information) to create highly accurate cyber sensors in a
heterogeneous environment. These cyber sensors are resilient to
adversarial machine learning attacks and can be efficiently and
dynamically retrained to take into account the large variations
present in the tactical environment. The solution's architecture
harnesses these cyber sensors to detect diverse attacks and
incorporates a cognitive agent for automatically generating courses
of action for the cyber defender.
About Perspecta Inc.
At Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP), we question, we seek and we solve.
Perspecta brings a diverse set of capabilities to our U.S.
government customers in defense, intelligence, civilian, health
care and state and local markets. Our 270+ issued, licensed and
pending patents are more than just pieces of paper, they tell the
story of our innovation. With offerings in mission services,
digital transformation and enterprise operations, our team of
14,000 engineers, analysts, investigators and architects work
tirelessly to not only execute the mission, but build and support
the backbone that enables it. Perspecta was formed to take on big
challenges. We are an engine for growth and success and we enable
our customers to build a better nation. For more information
about Perspecta, visit perspecta.com.
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to differ materially from what may be expressed or implied in these
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