US Air Force picks IoT start-up to secure nuclear data

  • July 22, 2021
  • Steve Rogerson

The US Air Force has awarded a contract to a local Austin small business to secure IoT data from remote, nuclear launch sites.

Vitro Technology, a deep tech start-up, has won a direct to phase II SBIR contract with the US Air Force defending the critical infrastructure of the USA’s nuclear arsenal.

“The mission impact of this project will be a reduction in travel by service teams of at least 50%,” said Lieutenant Colonel Atwater. “Trusted, detailed infrastructure data allow our airmen to focus on preventative maintenance and increased mission readiness.”

Vitro’s patented IoT hardware and software deliver zero-trust IoT, an innovation that has won the company a national position in thought-leadership.

In December 2020, the IoT Cybersecurity Act became law. Since the adoption of IoT technology, cyber-security hacks have become a common theme in the news. Despite the political turmoil of 2020, the US Congress recognised that cyber security, specifically the security of the IoT, was a clear and present danger to national security and infrastructure. The IoT Cybersecurity Act is designed to address this problem directly.

“Square insulates merchants of all sizes from the technical and legal complexities of processing credit cards,” said David Goodman, CEO of Vitro. “In the same way, Vitro insulates military and commercial customers from the complexities of protecting IoT devices and proving that their data are authentic. Vitro puts a compliant, crypto-secure IoT platform in a box. We help our customers focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning that will make their operations more efficient and sustainable, ensuring that the real-world IoT data feeding these models is secure and trusted.”

Vitro Technology is an IoT start-up based in Austin, Texas. Since 2016, it has been building an IoT platform to provide a spoof-proof hardware and services model that delivers zero-trust IoT data. The company has worked with the World Bank, Asia Development Bank and Department of Homeland Security to deliver authenticated IoT data from remote sites all over the world.