NIST Mobile Device Security Challenge – New Public Competition

CALLING ALL INNOVATIVE DEVELOPERS AND SECURITY EXPERTS!

Want to use your education and innovation to help emergency responders around the country?
 
Could you see yourself solving how to:

  1.  Store a credential on a SIM card?
  2. Create a mobile application using that credential stored on a SIM card?
  3. Authenticate to a FIDO2 service provider? 

How about for up to $100,000 in cash prizes?

 
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division is currently seeking teams of developers and security experts to participate in the Expanding the SIM Card Use for Public Safety Challenge aimed at improving public safety operations through innovative improvements to SIM card functionality. Specifically, contestants will investigate the possibility of using a SIM card as a storage container for authentication credentials that could help first responders securely access critical information while on the job.
 
Visit http://www.publicsafetysimcard.com and Challenge.gov for more information on how to participate in the challenge. Concept papers are due May 15!
 
Please reach out to psprizes@nist.gov with any questions about the challenge or suggestions for spreading the word.
 

We look forward to your contributions and ideas on how expanded SIM card use can support America’s first responders!

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