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AUSGAR Technologies, Inc. is a defense engineering and cybersecurity provider founded in 2003 and headquartered in San Diego, California. It supports the Department of Defense, primarily the U.S. Navy, with cybersecurity accreditation, systems engineering, technology experimentation, and unmanned systems engineering. Work includes command, control, communications, and computers (C4) systems integration for unmanned undersea vehicles, cybersecurity testing and assessment for Navy shipboard networks (CANES), and Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) programs that demonstrate emerging technologies in operational environments. AUSGAR holds a CompTIA Security Trustmark+ and a U.S. Space Force Agent of the Security Control Assessor (ASCA) license.
CompTIA Security Trustmark+ · U.S. Space Force Agent of the Security Control Assessor (ASCA) License · DoD IA Technical and Management Certification Compliance (DoD 8570.01-M) · Red Hat Partner
Jonathan DienPresident / Founder
Eric LofgrenChief Financial Officer
Caterina BrottTechnical Director
Jim CuffSenior Advisor
Freddie BakerCybersecurity Program Manager
Dan MatousekBusiness Area Manager - Unmanned Systems
Richard WeissBusiness Area Manager - Experimentation
Assessment and Authorization (A&A) support for Navy and DoD programs. AUSGAR has developed more than 1,000 accreditation packages for the Navy, achieving approval for all of them. Work spans RMF piloting, technical exchanges, and testing and validation for CANES shipboard and afloat networks.
Development of cybersecurity accreditation packages and piloting Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes.
Providing cybersecurity test lead and validator services for Navy shipboard networks, including Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) and Afloat Core Services (ACS).
Evaluating and securing medical devices to protect healthcare and clinical networks.
Technical design, technology assessment, and integration for DoD communication and command-and-control programs, supporting unmanned vehicle development from concept through fielding.
Designing and deploying communications architectures that connect operational networks.
Integrating advanced C4 technologies into defense and military platforms.
Evaluating emerging technologies for transition into existing defense systems.
Full lifecycle engineering for unmanned undersea vehicles, integrating command-and-control systems with embedded cybersecurity.
Command, control, communications, and computers (C4) systems integration for unmanned maritime platforms used in intelligence, surveillance, and mine countermeasure missions.
Embedding robust information assurance protocols and secure baselines within autonomous systems.
Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) program support, designing experimentation to demonstrate new technologies and capabilities in real operational environments connecting to existing shipboard and shore networks.
Designing and executing operational tests to demonstrate modern capabilities on existing networks.
Structuring processes to pilot, assess, and move new software and hardware into standard military use.
Independent security control assessments for military and space systems.
Serving as a licensed Agent of the Security Control Assessor to deliver trusted cybersecurity evaluations for Space Operations Command information systems.
Ensuring compliance with DoD 8570.01-M requirements across information systems and personnel.
Defense · Federal · Intelligence & National Security · Marine · Medical Devices · Space
Defense · 2015 · Client: U.S. Navy
Providing engineering, cybersecurity, and technology integration services for the Navy Continuous Training Environment under prime contract and subsequent recompete awards.
Defense · 2020 · Client: Department of the Navy
Designing and executing experimentation frameworks to transition emerging technologies from Small Business Innovation Research programs into operational maritime environments.
Defense · 2009 · Client: U.S. Navy
Serving as the cybersecurity test lead and validator for Afloat Core Services (ACS) within the Navy's Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program.
Defense · 2006 · Client: U.S. Navy
Integrating command, control, communications, and computers (C4) systems with robust embedded cybersecurity for a new class of unmanned undersea vehicles designed for intelligence, surveillance, and mine countermeasure missions.