Factom Inc. works with Department of Homeland Security

Factom Inc. is working together with Dept. of Homeland Security to help them create an identity log that captures the identification of a device, who manufactured it, lists of available updates, known security issues and authorities granted access while adding the dimension of time for added security.

Homeland Security is hoping to use Factom's technology to secure IoT devices like surveillance cameras, to prevent anyone from spoofing or tampering with them, which has been a known issue that agencies are dealing with. If you’re interested in the details of the technology, the presentation by Factom Inc. at the Texas Bitcoin Conference covers all the information.

Interesting quotes from the presentation were: “As a result of working with the Department for Homeland Security we’ve had other Government Agencies and pseudo-Government Agencies contact us that are interested.” and “The Government is watching this project very closely, and Congress... there is a mandate to secure all of the infrastructure.... That is what we’ve been told.”