Hacking for Diplomacy

Diplomatic Security’s Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) operators in Post Alpha need a more centralized interface that autonomously gathers data from multiple C-UAS sensors and feeds the most relevant information into one single view.

Design engineers responsible for upgrading cameras at embassies need a policy that accounts for the capabilities of newly purchased high definition digital camera equipment in order to reduce costs and ensure full surveillance coverage of the compound to monitor for potential threats.

Political and economic officers at embassy Brussels need to be alerted when their personal devices’ unauthorized wireless capabilities are enabled in Controlled Access Areas (CAAs) in order to prevent adversaries from using wireless signals to collect classified information.

Security response teams at U.S. government diplomatic and consular facilities need to have simultaneous secure, reliable, and mobile routes of communication during threat incidents in order to avoid misunderstandings and confusion to avoid lost lives.

Network defenders in the Monitoring and Incident Response Division need a more reliable way to detect behavioral anomalies in order to counter malicious activity on DOS networks before incidents occur.

On-site security personnel at US embassies in the Middle East region need a Less-Than-Lethal (LTL) security systems that can be used multiple times in a short period of time in order to prevent large groups of attackers from breaching the facility..

Security engineering officers (SEOs) and security technical specialists (STSs) at overseas offices need a more streamlined way to account for on-site security technology assets in order to reduce the over-reporting of inventory shortages that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

The Countermeasures Program Division (CMP), headquarters, and regional security teams needs to, in real-time, identify the changing environment or forensic variables in embassies to help predict security risks, like the Havana syndrome, in order to more quickly gather environmental data and potentially save lives.

Security engineering officers and security technical specialists need a better way to determine the lifespans of explosive detection and X-ray equipment for over 2,000 worldwide units in order to reduce cost and increase time efficiency to fortify the physical security of U.S. embassies and consulates.