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Science and Technology Collection

The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is the Department’s primary research and development arm and manages science and technology research, from development through transition, for the Department's operational components and first responders.

  • DHS S&T’s Homeland Security Startup Studio: 2022 Cohort Overview Report

    DHS S&T HSSS: 2022 Cohort Overview Report provides detailed program information, project milestones and metrics, collaboration efforts, and outcomes of the 2022 Startup Studio cohort.

  • Science and Technology Capability Roadmap for the Maritime Safety and Security Program

    The Science and Technology Directorate's Maritime Safety and Security (MS&S) program develops and transitions technical capabilities that enhance U.S. Maritime Border Security. These technical capabilities will safeguard lawful trade and travel and help prevent illegal use of the maritime environment to transport illicit goods or people. To guide program development and investments over the next ten years (through 2032), MS&S worked with the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC), operated by the RAND Corporation, to develop a program capability roadmap. The HSOAC team documented its work in a detailed report to MS&S; this document provides an overview of the roadmap.
     

  • Cybersecurity Program Fact Sheet

    DHS S&T’s Cybersecurity Program within the Office of Mission and Capability Support leverages multidisciplinary expertise to research, analyze, and develop cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies and capabilities to improve the protection and resilience of our national critical infrastructure and federal and state departments and agencies.

  • Practitioner Guide for the Provision of Trauma-informed Care to Women and Children Exiting Violent Extremist Conflict

    This practical guidance is a resource for mental health and psychosocial practitioners seeking to support women and children exiting violent extremist conflict. It introduces common areas of need and provides resources for addressing these needs within the context of mental health and psychosocial service delivery. In addition, this guidance document encourages a phased approach to service delivery in accordance with the 5R framework. For more information on the 5R framework, please see "Supporting women and children returning from violent extremist contexts: Proposing a 5R framework to inform program and policy development".  

  • Public Safety and Violence Prevention Fact Sheet

    The Public Safety and Violence Prevention (PSVP) fact sheet provides an overview of the PSVP program, its focus areas, impact, and planned activities.

  • Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Women and Children Returning from Violent Extremist Contexts: A Rapid Review to Inform Program and Policy Development

    This rapid review used a systematic approach to examine the available literature on rehabilitation and reintegration (R&R) programs for women and children returning from contexts of violent extremism, examining common assumptions, inputs, activities and outcomes across diverse settings.

  • DHS SBIR Success Story “Authenticating Calls in Real Time to Combat Spoofing"

    DHS SBIR Program is committed to identifying promising small businesses and innovative approaches to help address homeland security needs. This success story highlights the DHS SBIR company SecureLogix., of San Antonio, Texas, which developed a solution that stops Caller ID Spoofing by auto-authenticating calls in real time.

  • DHS SBIR Success Story “Protecting Emergency Systems from Cybersecurity Attacks”

    DHS SBIR Program is committed to identifying promising small businesses and innovative approaches to help address homeland security needs. This success story highlights the DHS SBIR company SecureLogix., of San Antonio Texas, which developed Call Secure, a managed service that provides security protection to mitigate TDoS attacks by authenticating calls and helping to defeat fraudulent call spoofing, shifting the advantage from TDoS attackers to network administrators.

  • DHS SBIR Success Story “Protecting Networks with Cyber Threat Intelligence Enforcement”

    DHS SBIR Program is committed to identifying promising small businesses and innovative approaches to help address homeland security needs. This success story highlights the DHS SBIR company Centripetal., of Reston Virginia, which developed a disruptive solution to augment the CTI cycle with machine intelligence to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs of cybersecurity analysis.

  • 2022 Biometric Technology Rally Results

    The 2022 Biometric Technology Rally focused on the technical challenge of reliably identifying small, free-flowing groups of people opting-in to the process in crowded environments, like airports or ports of entry.