Mitre Releases Information Security Technology Prototypes - Company Business and Marketing

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, June 11, 2001

The MITRE Corporation announced that several of its information security tools have been made available in the public interest for licensing on a non-exclusive basis.

These tools have been funded through MITRE work in its federally funded R&D centers as well as under its own independent research and development program.

The most recent licensing agreement has been signed with Harris Corporation of Melbourne, Fl, for MITRE's Analysis of Networked Systems Security Risks (ANSSR) software. Originally designed to protect and secure U.S. government computer networks, ANSSR has been reengineered for the STAT Analyzer 2.0, a member of the Harris family of network security products.

Other technology that has been released includes Egressor, and Spitfire. Egressor is a tool that allows companies to check the configuration of their Internet point-of-presence router.

Spitfire was developed as a prototype operator workstation for Network Intrusion Detection System operators. Since its release, it has been downloaded by more than 30 organizations in the government, the commercial sector and academia.

"The goal of our technology transfer program is to ensure that MITRE technology is broadly applied for the benefit of our government sponsors and the public," said MITRE's Director of Technology Transfer Gerard Eldering. "These are great examples of how government-funded technology is having an impact in the private sector."

MITRE is a not-for-profit national technology resource that provides systems engineering, research and development, and information technology support to the government. It operates federally funded research and development centers for the DOD, the FAA and the IRS.