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Security Assessment and Defense for Encrypted Messaging Apps (ASEMA)

DARPA is soliciting research to model and defend encrypted messaging applications by identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities in the app code that interacts with networks and mobile operating systems. The program focuses on systematic risk modeling and practical defensive measures to reduce the large, remotely reachable attack surface that advanced persistent threat (APT) groups exploit.

Source

Agency: U.S. Department of Defense

Dates

Topic Opens: April 13, 2026

Topic Closes: May 13, 2026

Eligibility

industry:defense

industry:research

industry:software

Keywords

secure-messaging

encrypted-messaging

application-security

mobile-security

attack-surface

threat-modeling

apt-exploitation

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