DULLES, Va., Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Deep Red, a
team of cyber experts from Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), will be
one of seven teams competing in the Defense Advance Research
Project Agency's Cyber Grand Challenge finals during the DEF CON
conference, August 4 in Las Vegas. DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge is
the first competition to pit unmanned, fully automated systems
against cyberattacks.
"The Raytheon team is advancing technologies that will
automatically diagnose and mitigate cyber vulnerabilities. That's
critical in the Internet of Things age, when everything in our
lives is connected," said Jack
Harrington, vice president of Cybersecurity and Special
Missions at Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services.
DARPA launched the Cyber Grand Challenge as a computer security
tournament using automated, cyber reasoning systems in place of
human experts. Cyber reasoning technology will improve efficiencies
and shorten the timeline for dealing with vulnerabilities from days
or weeks to seconds.
Applying artificial intelligence, a cyber reasoning system can
simulate the logic and thought process of a cybersecurity analyst.
Raytheon's cyber reasoning system uses autonomous reverse
engineering software, continuous machine learning and advanced
analytics to ensure the code is 'smart' enough to keep up with
evolving threats.
"Raytheon has fielded the only team from the aerospace and
defense industry to advance to the DARPA CGC finals, using the same
emerging, self-healing technologies we offer to our customers,"
Harrington said. "With critical infrastructure companies facing the
daunting combination of a cyber expert shortage and an increasing
number of cyberattacks, we will continue to fund our research in
this field."
The DARPA CGC launched in 2014 with 105 academic and industry
teams. Through preliminary competitions, the qualifiers were
narrowed down to seven finalists. Most competitors, including
Raytheon, have entered on the 'open track' available to self-funded
teams. The final challenge competition will be held in conjunction
with DEFCON, one of the world's largest computer security
conferences.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2015 sales of
$23 billion and 61,000 employees, is
a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil
government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of
innovation spanning 94 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art
electronics, mission systems integration, C5ITM products
and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers
in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in
Waltham, Massachusetts. Follow us
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