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SAIC’s WikiCaulking Research: Do Insider Threats Leave Routine Clues?

Jun 27, 2011 13:57 EDT
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Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) in McLean, VA recently won a $9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for an unusual effort:

”...research in the detection of insider threats based on sensor data from routine activities of members of a group, and possibly social networks.”

Call it the WikiCaulking contract. Work will be performed in McLean, VA; Amherst, MA; Corvallis, OR; Pittsburgh, PA; and Atlanta, GA, with an estimated completion date of May 31/13. Bids were solicited through a broad agency announcement, with 7 bids received by U.S. Army Contracting Command in Durham, NC (W911NF-11-C-0088).

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