Huntsville Times Article
Huntsville-based Sentar Inc. has been awarded a contract from Sparta Inc. to support development of the National Cyber Range for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
The cyber range program is part of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, a major government-wide effort to increase the nation’s defenses against electronic attack.
“This allows us to participate in a high-visibility program on a national level,” said Peter Kiss, Sentar’s founder and CEO. “We’re on a great team with industry and academia, which increases our exposure especially in the whole cyber security world. It really is a big deal for us.”
The company has about 40 employees, and at least 10 more people are expected to be hired this year.
DARPA has been assigned to create the National Cyber Range, a test bed consisting of computers and computer systems on which cyber scenarios may be evaluated to assess the security of information and automated control systems.
Sparta will lead a team of commercial, defense and academic organizations to provide ways to protect U.S. cyber resources through in-depth analysis, test and evaluation within the National Cyber Range.
Article in Huntsville Times here.