DHS calls Silicon Valley to help secure the IoT

Federal Times: The Department of Homeland Security wants Silicon Valley's help defending the nation from cyber threats and issued the first call for help: securing the Internet of Things.

Using the more flexible Other Transaction Solicitation funding method, DHS released the first request for proposals in its Silicon Valley Office Innovation Program asking vendors to chime in on new ideas to secure the ever-expanding list of devices and appliances connected to the Internet and the critical systems they're being connected to.

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