Research

S&T ZADD Fact Sheet

ZADD develops innovative solutions and fosters collaborations to protect the Nation’s agriculture and public health sectors against high-consequence foreign animal, emerging, and zoonotic disease threats.

S&T Less Lethal Technologies for Law Enforcement

Less lethal technology devices are designed to be less likely to cause death when deployed than conventional weapons like firearms, and are used by law enforcement in two primary situations: crowd control and one-on-one suspect apprehension. For each of these situations, technology subcategories exist based on the modalities of the technology, such as chemical, kinetic and conducted energy.

Technology Clearinghouse

S&T's Technology Clearinghouse provides its stakeholders with curated information to aid in the development of innovative technology solutions for homeland security. You can select your stakeholder group and find links to resources specifically curated to meet your need. 

S&T Windows Registry Forensic Tool

The following are CFTT reports for Windows registry forensic tools (organized by publication date). 

S&T TITANIC Fact Sheet

S&T has partnered with USCG to augment the USCG's ability to protect infrastructure and improve maritime safety and navigation in the Arctic region. TITANIC -- a project that seizes on the advancement and cost-effectiveness of satellite technology, as well as the evolution of machine learning -- seeks to combine the versatility of commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery with the efficiency of computers. At the project's completion, TITANIC will enable the IIP to provide the maritime community and the general public with more reliable and timely maritime safety information on iceberg and sea ice conditions. TITANIC will also help reduce or eliminate the need for costly aerial ice surveillance missions, lowering monitoring costs, and freeing resources to be reallocated elsewhere.

S&T Improving communications for fishing vessel inspections Fact Sheet

Radio communications below deck can be patchy. M2C2 shares photos in real time. S&T has conducted tests of the M2C2 system in cooperation with Joint Interagency Task Force-South.

S&T Combatting Human Trafficking Using Social Science

S&T is incorporating social science research into DHS’s counter-human trafficking approach through two foundational projects: (1) the Counter-human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Foundational Effort and (2) the Human Trafficking System Analysis and Technology Roadmap.

S&T Combatting Human Trafficking Through Social Science Fact Sheet

DHS S&T seeks to address the growing problem of human trafficking through social science-based research.

S&T String Search Tool

The following are CFTT reports for string search tools (organized by publication date). 

S&T Social Media Business Case Guide Fact Sheet

To support agencies that are looking to launch and maximize the benefits of a social media program into their communications, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) developed a Social Media Business Case (Guide). The Guide provides step-by-step guidance on developing a social media program to comprehensively plan for and integrate social media emergency management (SMEM) operations.

After completing the Guide, agencies will have social media processes and plans they can immediately implement to improve operations. Best practices from emergency officials and SMEM subject matter experts (SMEs) captured during development are included throughout the Guide.