CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Perspecta Inc.
(NYSE: PRSP), announced today that its innovative research
arm, Perspecta Labs, played an integral role in the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Liberty Eclipse Phase
II exercise in collaboration with the Department of Energy and the
Department of Homeland Security to test grid recovery tools during
a staged, multi-faceted cyberattack on a U.S. power grid. The event
took place on Plum Island, N.Y.
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The realistic exercise actually replicated a cyberattack and
monitors its recovery in real-time. Liberty Eclipse Phase II
is the fourth and largest thus far in a series of exercises under
DARPA's Rapid Attack Detection Isolation and Characterization
Systems (RADICS) research program. The RADICS objective was to
develop technologies for detecting and responding to cyberattacks
on critical U.S. infrastructure, with an ultimate goal of enabling
cyber and power engineers the ability to restore electrical service
within seven days in the event of a major attack.
"We are proud to have played such a significant role in this
critical exercise," said Mac Curtis,
president and CEO of Perspecta. "At Perspecta, we are driven by a
passion for innovation, which fueled our research lab, Perspecta
Labs. It is through exercises like this that we are able to
transform our research into real solutions to not only solve our
customers' most unique and complex challenges, but keep our nation
safe as well."
During the seven day exercise, performers on the RADICS program
were tasked with using performer-developed tools to provide
comprehensive grid situational awareness, restore supervisory
control and data acquisition (SCADA) and network infrastructure,
cleanse substations and defeat active adversaries to establish two
diverse paths in order to re-energize, interconnect and synchronize
two utility operators in a black start scenario.
"Our experience with developing solutions to protect the power
grid gave us unique qualifications to support DARPA during this
exercise," said Petros Mouchtaris, Ph.D., president of Perspecta
Labs. "As leaders in cybersecurity awareness, monitoring and
assessment services, we were able to validate the success of our
research and tools while assisting our customer, DARPA, in
achieving this major program milestone."
In the exercise, Perspecta Labs tested various technologies
transitioning to commercial use under the company's SecureSmart
offering, including: the SHERLOC cyber-weapon hunting system
featuring a new grid state consistency analyzer called Jolt that
integrates ground truth feeder state from Advanced Meter
Infrastructure as a telemetry source; and the MANTESSA
cyber-physical early detection and situational awareness system,
featuring novel machine intelligence techniques and statistical
inference of out-of-band measurements, field reports and other data
sources. Perspecta Labs also supported BAE Systems on the set up of
a Secure Emergency Network. The company's Distributed Assured and
Dynamic Configuration (DADC) tool was used to efficiently generate
error-free configurations for that network.
As a result of the exercise, the Perspecta Labs team gained
actionable insight from utilities, observers and participants to
improve the usability, expand the capabilities and continue the
transition of its SHERLOC and MANTESSA solutions. As a leader in
smart grid security and monitoring, the company has been a major
contributor on the RADICS program, conducting research and
delivering technologies in three of five technical areas for
situational awareness, secure communications, and threat detection
and characterization.
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 260+ 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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a variety of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results
to differ materially from what may be expressed or implied in these
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