WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to industry for “revolutionary security technologies” that can protect the military’s growing number of Internet of Things devices.

The Cryptography for Hyper-scale Architectures in a Robust Internet Of Things (CHARIOT) program was established to “develop revolutionary approaches for fast, efficient, and quantum-resistant cryptographic operations for Internet of Things (IoT) devices,” according to a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) opportunity released by the agency Aug. 11.

Due partly to the low cost of the equipment, the military has been able to adopt “unprecedented numbers” of IoT-enabled devices, explains DARPA. However, not all of those devices have the cryptographic security they ought to, and the issue will only be exacerbated as quantum computing and 5G wireless networks come online.

The problem, DARPA says, is that the amount of power cryptography consumes reduces the lifespan of devices in the field, which ultimately disincentives manufactures from including security in their products. With some IoT devices expected to last over a decade in the field, the military needs cryptographic solutions that are low on power consumption.

“CHARIOT’s objective is solutions that are fast, efficient, and quantum-resistant on even the cheapest devices,” the solicitation reads.

The CHARIOT program will prototype “low-cost, low-footprint, post-quantum cryptographic techniques” that use up less energy. The solicitation notes that DARPA is particularly interested in vehicle-embedded and wearable use cases with a zero-trust network architecture, such as “uses within a larger scenario of wearable-equipped passengers entering, traveling in and departing from a vehicle such as a troop carrier or school bus.”

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When envisioning pop culture, depending on what generation you might be born into, the perceptions range from HAL 9000’s glowing Red Eye from 2001 to Ava from Ex-Machina. However, the most modern concept of pop culture comes hand in hand with artificial intelligence. To make the experience wholesome, we look at artificial intelligence or specifically, machine language and cryptography as sister fields to see the implications of the phenomena in modern-day culture as well as in the times to come.

As products of a capitalist society, the millennials are inebriated with the concept of privacy, security and the idea of personal space. As such, one can understand that the hype for artificial intelligence is essentially due to its capability of creating machines that can mimic or surpass human proficiency. These machines can adapt to self-optimization in various scenarios to keep up-to-date with each new phenomena being introduced. Thus, a closed-loop feedback system is induced. Furthermore, in the digital world, the need for security is ever increasing which is where cryptography comes in.

Assiduous individuals work behind the screens to introduce cryptographic algorithms which provide blankets of security and are astonishingly adept in many logic-based situations. The blockchain systems when efficiently designed, also, incentivize users to contribute to the network whilst getting benefit from it; a phenomenon essential in a time when AI has become game masters in their own right. This can be further understood through an example.

If developers develop an AI solution in a centralized platform, they need to ensure an authentic interface for a reliable representation of an AI output. Furthermore, they also need to ensure that the integrity and security of the data is maintained. In a situation like this, if a blockchain system is used, its transparency and accessibility pump up the security that is required by the developer of the AI algorithm.

However, one must understand that artificial intelligence and its off-shoots are not a future trend, they are already here and they are influencing our day-to-day activities. Perceptions will always vary but one can hold artificial intelligence analogous to a Chocolate truffle surprise. No matter how many times you open it and see the decadent goodness, you can never be sure what flavour you will find on the inside. In short, for each new flavour, you will develop a different kind of fondness.

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