UTICA — Quanterion Solutions, of Utica, was selected for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award titled “Internet of Things Onboarding Capability (IoTOC),” which will develop cloud-based IoT acceptance test methodologies for Air Force systems integration. This was sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate, which is the second SBIR Quanterion Solutions has been awarded in the past quarter.

The mission of the SBIR is to develop a proof-of-concept framework to test and onboard Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for Department of Defense (DoD) implementations. This framework will bring a software defined IoT/Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Test as a Service (TaaS) capability to the DoD that protects an installation’s critical infrastructure while integrating new IoT technologies.

Quanterion Solutions will work with AFRL Information Directorate engineers, as well as contributing scientists from U.S. national laboratories to construct the Phase 1 design for systems of interest to the Air and Space Force.

This new SBIR effort is motivated by a collection of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Guidelines on IoT device cybersecurity requirements for the Federal Government, which aim to address the challenges presented by IoT heterogeneity and interoperability while integrating automated testing capabilities to improve efficiency.

The IoT subject matter expert team at Quanterion Solutions is dedicated to improving IoT technology for industry as well as government. This SBIR will provide an opportunity to further explore the intricacies of IoT technology as it relates to system functionality, reliability, and security.

“This distributed IoT testing capability is a key build on to Quanterion’s cloud-based, open end-to-end testing ecosystem for the Rome Defense Industrial Base to more rapidly enable development and obtain Authority to Operate (ATO) accreditation of DoD capabilities,” said Cully Patch, Quanterion Solutions Cybersecurity Program Manager.

Quanterion Solutions has partnered with Idaho National Laboratory and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to deliver this Phase I solution. This work is supported by the AFRL Information Directorate’s Secure IoT Operational Planning Environment (SIoTOPE), a cloud-based IoT ecosystem that offers a streamlined approach to experimenting with IoT solutions in accordance with Federal and DoD standards.