{"id":242472,"date":"2021-06-17T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onsystemlogic.com\/?p=242472"},"modified":"2023-10-28T16:20:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T16:20:05","slug":"onsystem-logic-awarded-highly-competitive-grant-from-the-national-science-foundation-to-pursue-its-solution-to-malicious-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onsystemlogic.com\/blog\/onsystem-logic-awarded-highly-competitive-grant-from-the-national-science-foundation-to-pursue-its-solution-to-malicious-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"OnSystem Logic Awarded Highly Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation to Pursue Its Solution to Malicious Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Small Business Innovation Research Program Provides Seed Funding for R&D to the Most Promising Industrial Innovation Solutions<\/em><\/h2>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.11.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]Baltimore, MD \u2014 June 16, 2021<\/strong>, OnSystem Logic LLC<\/strong>. has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to conduct continuing research and development (R&D) work on its OnSystem Defender \u2013 an application hardening and security assurance product providing the best available protection against harmful malware and application flaws<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

OnSystem Defender is focused on applications, where all current endpoint security products are routinely turned off or otherwise bypassed by attackers. The Phase 1 project funded by the NSF focuses on stopping and\/or detecting hidden malware regardless of how it gets into an application (0-day, unpatched, supply chain attack, etc.) or how it changes its behavior once inside an application. The project result overcomes the fundamental technical flaw in current solutions \u2013 attempting to enforce least privilege mechanisms from outside applications \u2013 by delivering a solution that operates within the application where it can see and act upon malicious code.<\/p>\n

Many endpoint security products load code inside of popular applications (for example, browsers and office suites) to monitor for previously seen indicators of compromise while the code is executing. Attackers, however, quickly found ways to bypass this type of protection by:<\/p>\n