Cybersecurity
Developing cyber architectures for multiple platforms
Cyberattacks are more elusive, and more damaging, than ever, targeting infrastructure across the nation and around the world.
We develop and implement revolutionary situational awareness capabilities across critical cyber platforms and cyber-physical and industrial control systems, from stronger resilience in Navy shipboard and national transportation screening systems to searching data for hints of a potential cyberattack.
Featured Work
SABER
Passive, out-of-band network monitoring and alerting to enable shipboard systems to detect and respond to cyber threats
ACAS X: Airborne Collision Avoidance for the 21st Century
APL researchers played a leading role in the development of ACAS X—a collision avoidance system onboard all international commercial aircraft that will replace existing systems as they are retired.
BAS/CS™: Behavioral Alerting Sets for Control Systems
APL developed an advanced cybersecurity solution to detect real threats while reducing false alarms.
Robust and Resilient Artificial Intelligence
Developing the next generation of intelligent systems for missions characterized by uncertain, dynamic, and adversarial environments
MOSAICS: Cyber Defense for Industrial Control Systems
APL is leading the development of the first-ever comprehensive, integrated, and automated solution for industrial control system cybersecurity.
Detecting Malware
Using different types of powerful analytics, the APL-developed REnigma tool enables cyber analysts to quickly review malware.
Integrated Adaptive Cyber Defense (IACD)
APL conceptualized, prototyped, and published a framework enabling the integration and automation of diverse cybersecurity solutions to dramatically increase the speed and scale of cyber defense.
Related News
Press Release
Apr 21, 2026
Johns Hopkins APL Contributions Fuel Critical Navy Cybersecurity System
A Navy-engineered cybersecurity system infused with APL innovation, called Situational Awareness, Boundary Enforcement, and Response (SABER), has become a key line of security in protecting Navy ships against cyberattacks.
Press Release
Mar 25, 2026
Johns Hopkins APL Named a Fast Company Most Innovative Company for 2026
Johns Hopkins APL has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026, ranking 13 in the Security category for developing cybersecurity tools to protect industrial control systems that power essential services such as electricity, water, and transportation.
News
Feb 10, 2026
Johns Hopkins APL Research Helps Shape Landmark Federal Expansion of Unmanned Aircraft Operations
An APL research team help set new standards that could help drones more safely share America’s skies.
News
Oct 7, 2025
Standardizing Cyber Analytics to Secure Critical Infrastructure
A Johns Hopkins APL team has developed a framework for standardizing alerts transmitted by cybersecurity systems defending critical infrastructure, dramatically improving the efficiency with which they respond to potential attacks.
Press Release
Sep 4, 2025
Thompson Named Mission Area Executive for National Security Analysis at Johns Hopkins APL
Angela Thompson has been appointed National Security Analysis mission area executive at APL. Since joining the Lab in 2007, she has served in key leadership roles guiding programs that advance U.S. national security.