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In June 2009, Anita D'Amico, Director of the Secure Decisions division and a human factors psychologist, gave testimony before the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education of the House Committee on Science and Technology on cybersecurity research and development. The full article from the American Psychological Association's Monitor on Psychology describing D'Amico's report is provided by permission of APA. Photo credit: Charles Votaw. Photo is copyright (c) 2009 by the American Psychological Association and used by permission. No further distribution or reproduction without permission of APA. APA member Dr. Anita D'Amico testified to a congressional subcommittee about the role psychologists play in preventing cyber attacks.

A Federal Computer Week account of the June 2009 House subcommittee hearing on cybersecurity research needs included several recommendations by Secure Decisions Division head Dr. Anita D'Amico.   Northport, NY June 21, 2009 - A report appearing shortly after the House Science and Technology Committee's Research and Science Education subcommittee hearings on cybersecurity research repeated several recommendations by Secure Decisions.  The report, published by Federal Computer Week, summarized the testimony of several experts from industry and academica, concluding that all agreed upon the need for the government's involvement in cybersecurity research, development and education programs to be expanded. Federal Computer Week's report highlighted several recommendations from Anita D'Amico, Director of the Secure Decisions Division of Applied Visions: Increased private sector involvement in the federal cybersecurity research portfolio. Increased federal funding for technology transition to bring [...]

On June 10, 2009, Anita D'Amico, Director of the Secure Decisions division of Applied Visions, Inc., testified before the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, House Committee on Science and Technology on the topic of "Cyber Security R&D." NORTHPORT, NY, June 10, 2009 – Dr. Anita D’Amico, Director of the Applied Visions’ Secure Decisions Division, today provided expert testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education at a hearing entitled “Cyber Security R&D” which addressed issues of education, public-private partnerships, and research and development for cyber security to help combat the increased risks of cyber threats. Dr. D’Amico discussed the need for a multi-disciplinary approach to technology and security, involving the social sciences to improve the usability and security of technology by understanding how it is actually used [...]

Secure Decisions division of Applied Visions, Inc. conducts a workshop on mapping cyber assets to missions and users. March 19, 2009 – On February 26‐27 the Secure Decisions division of Applied Visions, Inc. conducted a workshop on mapping cyber assets to missions and users. The workshop addressed how to map the relationships between cyber assets such as network devices and the users, missions, business processes and other entities that depend on those assets. This mapping will enable computer network defense (CND), information technology (IT) and disaster recovery (DR) practitioners to understand the impact of the loss or degradation a cyber asset. The workshop was a critical component of Secure Decisions’ Camus project The 30 people who were invited to participate included individuals whose operational responsibility is to assure the availability of cyber assets for critical missions, [...]

NORTHPORT, NY, August 15, 2008 – Dr. Anita D’Amico, Director of the Secure Decisions Division of Applied Visions, Inc., has been invited to participate on the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) panel at the 2008 SBIR Beyond Phase II Conference hosted by the Department of Defense. At the DARPA Panel session entitled “Maturing Technologies through Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, and Ownership”, Dr. D’Amico will discuss Secure Decisions’ close collaboration with Department of Defense and commercial security consultants in the development of MeerCAT®, a visualization tool to depict risks from wireless assets to an organization or mission. Dr. D’Amico will join Susan Nichols, Small Business Program Director at DARPA, and other distinguished members of the panel at the September 4th 2008 session being held in Palm Desert, CA. Under a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) [...]

'Balancing Interactive Data Management of Massive Data with Situational Awareness through Smart Aggregation' published in the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) Conference Proceedings Daniel R. Tesone and John R. Goodall published an article entitled 'Balancing Interactive Data Management of Massive Data with Situational Awareness through Smart Aggregation' in the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) 2007 Proceedings.

DARPA recognizes Secure Decisions technology as having provided significant value to the warfighter   In 2007, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) published a catalog of DARPA Success Stories. SecureScope, our three-dimensional visualization project for information assurance analysts, was included in this, DARPA's first such catalog, in recognition of the substantial value it delivered to DARPA's most important customer: the warfighter. To view the SecureScope Success Story. Which was stated within the Volume 1 catalog of DARPA success stories.

SBIR Research Project Creates Mapping between Military Missions and the Cyber Assets Required to Complete Those Missions Northport, NY – May 15, 2007 – The Secure Decisions division of Applied Visions, Inc. has been awarded the first phase of an Air Force research contract, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, to improve the effectiveness of computer network defenders in protecting critical cyber assets. Secure Decisions will research and develop the Cyber Asset-to-Mission Mapping Model (CAM3), a system to automatically relate cyber assets to higher-level network capabilities and missions dependent upon those assets. This award was made by the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate (AFRL/IF), based in Rome, NY. AFRL/IF develops systems, concepts and technologies to enhance the Air Force’s capability to successfully meet the challenges of the information age. This award was [...]

SBIR Research Project Integrates Computer-Based Courseware with Game-Like Simulation for Training Computer Network Defenders Northport, NY – May 12, 2007 – The Secure Decisions division of Applied Visions, Inc. has been awarded the first phase of an Air Force research contract, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, to develop new tools and techniques for training cyber warriors. Secure Decisions will research and develop SimBLEND (Simulation-Based Learning Environment for Network Defense), an innovative training environment integrating game-based simulations and computer-based courseware for training Computer Network Defense (CND) specialists. SimBLEND will incorporate its training and realistic simulations into standards-based learning environments. This allows SimBLEND CND training to be integrated into existing training programs, and its content to be reused across multiple learning management systems. This award was made by the Air Force Research Laboratory Human [...]

Secure Decisions visualization product offering recognized at annual awards banquet for excellence among Long-Island based software technology offerings. Garden City, NY – April 14, 2007 – The Long Island Software and Technology Network (LISTnet) announced its 2007 LISA award winners. Among the winners was VIAssist, a Secure Decisions product that helps computer security specialists protect their networks. LISTnet's 2007 Long Island Software Awards – LISA WinnerVIAssist presents massive amounts of network traffic and security event data as synchronized visual representations. Working together with dynamic filtering and analysis tools, this unique data visualization platform reduces time to insight: helping users quickly discover critical information in mountains of data. More details about VIAssist are available on this site. The full list of winners is posted online at the association's web site. The objective of LISTnet is to [...]