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Snapshot: Blockchain and DHS
As an emerging tech trend, S&T has been tracking Blockchain’s birth, development and progress for years because of the potential for building resilience into digital transaction systems.
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News Release: S&T Seeks Collaborative Blockchain Innovations
DHS S&T is seeking innovative solutions from startups to enhance anti-forgery and counterfeiting capabilities for digital documentation through a new solicitation, “Preventing Forgery and Counterfeiting of Certificates and Licenses,” under S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP).
Media Advisory: DHS S&T to Host Industry Day for Start-Ups
The DHS S&T Silicon Valley Innovation Program will host a DHS Industry Day on December 11th in Menlo Park, California, to describe its operations and new solicitation: Preventing Forgery and Counterfeiting of Certificates and Licenses.
News Release: DHS Awards Austin-Based Factom, Inc. $192k for Blockchain Tech
DHS S&T has awarded $192,380 to Factom, Inc., a start-up based in Austin, Texas, to begin beta testing of a capability that uses blockchain technology to secure Internet of Things (IoT) data.
S&T Leading Blockchain Solution R&D for DHS Components
Blockchain is unquestionably the hottest technology being developed today in the private and government sectors.
Written testimony of S&T for a House Science, Space, & Technology Subcommittee on Oversight, and Subcommittee on Research & Technology hearing titled “Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Improve Supply Chain Management and Combat Counterfeit Goods”
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Cybersecurity Division Director Douglas Maughan addresses how DHS is exploring the use of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies in research and development.
