U.S. Navy Introduces New Blockchain Security Technology, PARANOID

The US Navy is open to accepting private sector partners for cooperative research and development agreements (abbreviated as CRADA) to advance the proprietary “PARANOID” blockchain tech.

The Powerful Authentication Regime Applicable to Naval Operational Flight Program Integrated Development (abbreviated PARANOID) is based on a blockchain mechanism for securing advanced software against cyberattacks during development and deployment.

Naval Air Warfare Center’s Aircraft Division (popularly known as NAWCAD) at Lakehurst in New Jersey invented and built PARANOID to secure avionics software for the US Navy but later realized its applicability to software development endeavours where security is a factor.

PARANOID safeguards software throughout the development process by verifying the files across nodes at each step via blockchain.

Each developer’s action is filed as an entry on the PARANOID blockchain, extending a ledger of activity.

If bad actors tried to hijack or hack the software during the development by replacing, editing, or deleting code or files, these changes would fail the verification against PARANOID’s database on the blockchain.

According to a blog from TechLink, the US Department of Defense’s tech transfer partner, the US Navy, is making the PARANOID system accessible to private sector parties that desire to aid in the research and develop it further.

In the past, the US Air Force and Navy have had deals with SIMBA Chain, a data exchange major based in Notre Dame.

SIMBA Chain uses blockchain to secure supply lines.

Reference: cointrust, startupnews

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