Case Studies

Prior Client Logo. DNSystems LLC provided technical services for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Innovation Office (I2O), specifically for the Reclaiming Bus-based Systems During Compromise (Red-C) Opportunity. Work was accomplished between January - April 2025.

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DNSystems LLC spearheaded BMC (Board Management Controller) firmware modification and extraction in Root Complex BIOS, SPI and NAND chips, and provided Subject-Matter-Expertise (SME) for proposal writing involving cutting-edge research on FPGA engineering, focusing on self-healing systems and forensic sensors. An exercise in platform resiliency that involved protecting, detecting, and recovering as a classical real-world example of applicability regarding NIST SP 800-193, and building future-proof systems, BEFORE ATTACKERS DO!

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Prior Role required a skilled and motivated FPGA Engineer to play a crucial role in a cutting-edge research project focused on hardware security and self-healing systems. The engineer carried out selection, design, implementation, and bring up of an FPGA-based platform to serve as the foundation for our proposal's experimental validation. Specifically, this individual chose a suitable commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) FPGA board, helped develop a design that used PCIe and CXL, and helped implement or adapt an existing open-source design. Explored algorithms to construct self-healing systems, by retrofitting individual components on a bus to function as forensic sensors that collectively monitor peers to detect, repair, and inoculate on-system during a cyber-attack.

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