When an endpoint is compromised, responders must race against the clock to pull critical data before systems are wiped, reimaged or attacked again. But risky connections and legacy technology may spread malware, break chain of custody, and trigger costly enclave rebuilds. The Owl IRD solves this with hardware-enforced, protocol-aware one-way transfer per U.S. Government PFD requirements. As a PFD, the Owl IRD enhances the unidirectional nature of a simple diode with protocol filtering at the FPGA level — delivering a secure, repeatable evidence path that reduces reinfection risk and preserves forensic integrity. The Owl IRD extends Owl’s PFD suite to the endpoint, complementing Owl Talon’s always-on network flows with purpose-built incident response capabilities, from endpoint triage to evidence intake and one-way mission data collection. High-stakes collections become a consistent, defensible workflow.

“Every incident responder knows the uncomfortable tradeoffs they face when collecting evidence from a live, compromised system,” said Tim Fahl, chief technology officer at Owl Cyber Defense. “Their options are to rush ahead with tools that put their clean environments at risk, or slow everything down trying to engineer safer workarounds in the middle of a crisis. The Owl IRD eliminates that tradeoff by putting protocol-aware, hardware-enforced, one-way protection directly into the responder’s go-bag, so teams can confidently collect what they need without opening new paths for the adversary.”

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The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center is surveying the market to locate/identify interested Business Concerns to support the design, prototyping and testing of the next generation secure mobile device.

MDD is anticipated to be a multi-award, multi-phase effort. By September 2023, the C5ISR Center would like to test prototypes that will verify the requirements document and inform the National Security Agency (NSA) approval process. The DEVCOM C5ISR Center requires an agile and entrepreneurial mindset in order to expeditiously develop and test the product while simultaneously pacing the threat.

The Army is planning to design, prototype, test, and procure secure commercial mobile devices for Tactical, National Leadership Command Capability (NLCC) and small form factor use. The Government has developed a Reference Design Document (RDD) that provides overarching guidance for the MDD EUD. The RDD contains a description of the operational and functional concepts driving the design to support implementation based on several use cases which are described in detail later in this document. The need for a new class of End User Devices (EUDs) that meets multiple use cases is borne from the ever-growing number of Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) registrations. The MDD concept and EUD design is envisioned to provide a secure platform from which adopters can build products that will be approved for secure processing.

The RDD is meant to provide the design foundation for a secure, customizable, multi-application communications platform, similar to the CSfC Capability Packages. The EUD should provide a multitude of capabilities based on operational needs. The MDD EUD must have the appropriate hardware and software (HW/SW) to provide the security foundation, requisite security controls and physical platform required to host needed applications.

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