{"668994":{"#nid":"668994","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u2018Distilling\u2019 Outdated Software Could Save Defense Dept. Millions in Time and Money","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESoftware updates are a ubiquitous part of our lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s true at home and at work. And it\u2019s true for the critical systems the U.S. Department of Defense relies on to protect the nation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThink about all the highly sophisticated systems that power drones or fighter jets or even secure authentication programs. Many of those systems are custom software developed at great expense. Which means updating them isn\u2019t as easy as downloading the latest software patch and clicking \u201cInstall.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt often requires a time-consuming rewrite or reverse engineering process that costs even more time and money. But not if a team of Georgia Tech engineers and cybersecurity researchers are successful. They\u2019re among the teams working to speed up the process with a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/news-events\/2020-07-30\u0022\u003E$10 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)-funded effort\u003C\/a\u003E to unpack these legacy systems, incorporate updates, and redeploy them in weeks or months rather than years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe U.S. government has this tremendous problem where they put tons of research and development into cutting edge software, and then two years down the line, it needs to be updated or applied to a new platform or it needs patches. We can\u2019t just go back to the drawing board and rewrite all of our software every few years,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/brendan-d-saltaformaggio\u0022\u003EBrendan Saltaformaggio\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scp.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Cybersecurity and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E (SCP) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/distilling-outdated-software-could-save-defense-dept-millions-time-and-money\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead about the team\u0027s work on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrendan Saltaformaggio leads a $10M DARPA-funded effort to update critical defense software.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Brendan Saltaformaggio leads a $10M DARPA-funded effort to update critical defense software."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-08-16 14:34:46","changed_gmt":"2023-08-31 15:14:48","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671404":{"id":"671404","type":"image","title":"Brendan Saltaformaggio \u0026 Amit Sikder DARPA software","body":"\u003Cp\u003EBrendan Saltaformaggio, left, and Amit Sikder are working on a $10 million DARPA project to unpack legacy software systems, incorporate updates, and redeploy them in weeks or months rather than years. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1692196528","gmt_created":"2023-08-16 14:35:28","changed":"1692196528","gmt_changed":"2023-08-16 14:35:28","alt":"Brendan Saltaformaggio and Amit Sikder stand and look at a large screen displaying computer code. 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