U2opia Technology has licensed two cybersecurity technologies from ORNL
One named Situ discovers and understands otherwise-undetectable events by analyzing security data.
U2opia Technology has licensed Situ and Heartbeat, a package of technologies from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) that offers a new method for advanced cybersecurity monitoring in real-time.
In the case of Situ, which discovers and understands otherwise-undetectable events by analyzing security data, the plan is to take it to the market through a commercial license. The company will continue to explore opportunities for Heartbeat, which detects cyber attacks by focusing on the physical behavior of a protected device, through a research and development license.
U2opia Technology, a woman- and minority- led company, is directed by Maurice Singleton III, Chief Executive Officer, and chaired by Joaneane Smith.
During an event at ORNL earlier this month to celebrate the licensing, Singleton recalled that Stacy Prowell, a Cybersecurity Scientist in ORNL’s Cyber Resilience and Intelligence Division, persuaded him to make the leap and license the technologies. “Stacy was enthusiastic. He said, ‘You have the right concept, and we have the right tools at ORNL. We can solve this problem.’”
U2opia licensed both technologies for research and development purposes in 2023. The partnership between ORNL and U2opia has been recognized by the Federal Laboratory Consortium, earning an award for excellence in technology transfer.
Situ and Heartbeat were developed through multi-disciplinary research drawing on mathematics, data science, software engineering, computing, artificial intelligence, and complex systems, creating practical solutions to protect the nation’s infrastructure.
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