
Mission Area
Cyber Operations
Shaping the Future of Cyber Operations
Johns Hopkins APL’s Cyber Operations Mission Area is shaping the future of warfare through cyber operations, focusing on assuring critical Department of Defense missions, delivering key solutions to enable intelligence and military operations, and developing the systems that underpin novel operational capabilities in cyberspace and across the electromagnetic spectrum.
Highlights
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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. -
Visible Light Communications
For the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), APL is developing mission concepts and integrating operational prototypes of visible light communications capabilities in the Department of Defense—helping DISA enhance data security and alleviate demands on the limited radio frequency spectrum.
Recent News
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News
May 12, 2023Codebreaker Dickie George Inducted Into National Cryptologic Hall of Honor
One of the world’s foremost codebreaking mathematicians was recognized by the National Security Agency on May 8 when Richard “Dickie” George was inducted into the National Cryptologic Hall of Honor. George and three others joined the ranks of just 106 inductees in U.S. history honored for their extraordinary contributions to national security through cryptology. -
Press Release
Apr 26, 2023Johns Hopkins APL’s Out-of-Band Communications Technology Receives Boost From Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded APL funds through its Commercialization Accelerator Program to help the Laboratory accelerate the commercial transfer of a novel technology that provides secure access to networks interrupted by cyberattacks or outages. -
Feature Story
Jan 10, 2023Creating a New Cybersecurity Paradigm for a Cloud-Based World
Scientists, mathematicians and engineers at APL are building a new cybersecurity paradigm that’s suited to the realities of how computing and collaborating are done in the 21st century. Their work has applications in health care, weapons systems and space, as well as in protecting critical infrastructure and industry generally.