Atombeam, whose innovative technology redefines how data is used, moved, stored and secured, has officially secured a contract from the U.S. Air Force for the development of its Neurpac+ solution.
According to certain reports, the stated development delivers a rather interesting follow-up to one demonstration where Atombeam showed Neurpac+’s transformative impact on connected devices and data associated with the Internet of Things (IoT).
More on the same would reveal how Neurpac+ builds on the success of Neurpac, which was an innovation specifically designed to help computers process and share information with unprecedented efficiency. In case you aren’t aware, the original Neurpac arrived on the scene with an ability to reduce the size of data by 75%, and at the same time, increase available bandwidth by a factor of 4x with zero latency. It can also eliminate the network congestion previously experienced with “real-time” data transfers.
As for Neurpac+, it delivers all these capabilities, and on top of that, the technology provides expanded functionality to address the singular challenge associated with today’s networks i.e. traditional forms of encryption have repeatedly proven to be impractical when applied to the sensors and machines which comprise the IoT.
Another detail worth a mention is rooted in how the Atombeam’s Neurpac line leverages Data-as-Codewords technology, which combines advanced cryptology and mathematics with AI. Birthing a specialized AI trainer by doing so, the whole setup creates a codebook in milliseconds that matches very small “codewords,” typically 3-10 bits in length, to much larger patterns in the data. These codebooks are instantaneously installed on both ends of the communications link, and on the other hand, a decoder is provided to restore the original data from the codewords it receives in real time.
Markedly enough, the data present in this mix happens to be completely usable, albeit dramatically lighter and configured for the optimal performance of chips, computers and processors.
“Today’s networks include many simple sensors and devices that are not encrypted because they transmit small amounts of data repeatedly,” said Charles Yeomans, founder and CEO of Atombeam. “Larger devices like gateways are also problematic because traditional approaches to encryption make the data larger, slow already strained networks and increase latency – a significant issue for connected machines and vehicles, and use cases for telemetry, tracking, and control systems. As a result, most IoT data is unsecured and vulnerable.”
Talk about Neurpac+ on a slightly deeper level, we begin from how it requires almost no computing power whatsoever. This makes the solution suitable for even the most inexpensive, simple sensors, while simultaneously enabling advanced systems like satellites to process and transfer larger amounts of data faster and more efficiently.
Next up, we must dig into how the technology substantially increases the efficiency, capacity and security of physical and software-defined data center. You see, as Neurpac+ makes data smaller and exponentially more secure, data centers, clouds and other repositories of information require far less power, storage capacity, and cooling. Furthermore, it removes any need for deduplication and decryption processes, something which helps the overarching solution to become a true green technology.
Then, there is the prospect of simpler approaches to data encryption and compression. We referred to the fact that Neurpac+ requires no computing power and that it can be deployed rather inexpensively, but what we haven’t mentioned yet is how it is also well-equipped to deliver deep data obfuscation which may exceed the security associated with even military-grade encryption.
Among other things, it must be acknowledged that whatever data you transfer through Neurpac+ is homomorphic. Basically, traditional approaches to encryption add significant weight to packets and workloads, resulting in slow processing speeds. Neurpac+ solves this very problem by making data smaller with compression technology.
“It is imperative that our American warfighters maintain digital superiority,” said Christian “Boris” Becker, a distinguished member of Atombeam’s board, retired Rear Admiral and former commander of the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command. “Our systems and our people perform better when data for everything from telemetry to command and control can be shared faster, more accurately, and more securely.”
