Navy Awards Galois $2 Million Contract For Cryptographic Security

Open source cryptographic workbench aims to enable cryptographers to more easily meet evolving security needs PORTLAND, Ore., Jan 17, 2018 – Galois today announced that it has been awarded a $2 million contract by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to build a workbench that aims to ease the design process for cryptographic algorithms. For the […]

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Bill Harris joins Galois as Principal Investigator

We’re thrilled to share that William Harris is joining Galois as Principal Investigator. Dr. Harris was previously an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Georgia Tech. His work has focused on program verification and synthesis, and software security. For a complete list of his research and activities, see his personal page at gatech.edu. At Georgia […]

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Former DARPA I2O director joins Galois as Chief Scientist

We are excited to announce that Dr. John Launchbury is joining Galois as Chief Scientist. Dr. Launchbury was formerly the Director of the Information Innovation Office (I2O) at DARPA, where he led nation-scale investments in the future of cyber-security and artificial intelligence. Dr. Launchbury plans to pursue his vision of creating provably safe and secure […]

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Mike Dodds joins Galois as Principal Investigator

We’re excited to announce that Mike Dodds is joining Galois as a Principal Investigator. Dr. Dodds was previously a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of York and has focused on using formal techniques to verify software correctness. His specific research interests include automated reasoning, separation logic, and concurrent data-structure correctness. […]

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Tozny launches end-to-end encryption toolkit for developers

We’re excited to announce that Galois spin-off Tozny is releasing their latest product, InnoVault. InnoVault enables developers to protect sensitive user data they collect simply by adding a few lines of code.  It provides simple scripts for fronted code, easy SDKs on the backend, and an API with secure cloud storage behind it. Tozny spun off from Galois […]

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Galois presentations at High Confidence Software and Systems (HCSS) 2017

The High Confidence Software and Systems (HCSS) conference brings together researchers and organizations on the cutting-edge of safety-, security- and mission-critical applications and is now in its second decade. The main themes of HCSS 2017 are Privacy, Assurance for AI, Industrialization of Formal Methods, and Technology and Model Cross-over. If you are attending, Galois and […]

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Galois Awarded $1 Million IARPA Contract To Improve Security Of Data Computation

RAMPARTS initiative to explore feasibility of leveraging fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) to secure data processing in untrusted environments Galois announced today that it has been awarded a $1 million contract by The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, to explore the feasibility of securing data while […]

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Galois Launches First Office in Dayton, OH

Galois, an R&D organization that specializes in developing innovative security technologies  today announced its first Dayton office, reflecting a commitment to driving technology innovation in Ohio and expanding the support it provides to defense agencies and commercial organizations throughout the region. Headquartered in Portland, OR, Dayton is Galois’s third U.S. location. Galois has signed a […]

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DARPA, Galois Launch Benchmark Challenges To Prevent Software ‘Reverse Engineering’

Galois today announced two benchmark challenges – sponsored by DARPA – that invite competitive submissions able to break the security of program obfuscation technology designed to prevent software ‘reverse engineering.’ The challenges are part of DARPA’s SafeWare program that funds research aimed to make software less susceptible to being hacked or compromised. The challenges are […]

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