Dear DARPA: Challenge Accepted.

Summary: Trail of Bits says it holds one of seven accepted funded-track proposals in DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge, a tournament designed to speed development of automated security systems that can defend against cyberattacks as fast as they are launched. DARPA also announced the 2016 final competition will be held in conjunction with DEF CON, and more than 30 teams from academia, industry and the security community have organized to compete.
Why it matters: The stated goal is automated defense that moves at the speed of the attack, and only seven funded-track proposals were accepted from a field of more than 30 teams - a reminder that machine-speed response is being built by a small group, not broadly.

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