We're a different kind of cyber defense.

Chip Scan was founded to commercialize innovative hardware assurance technologies developed at Dr. Sethumadhavan's lab and patented by Columbia University in 2010, 2011, and 2013. We were granted exclusive worldwide rights to translate these technologies into commercial products. The same year, we received our initial funding from the Office of the Secretary of Defense through an SBIR contract.

Chip Scan enters into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Air Force Research Labs in Rome to bring about advancements in identification of hardware vulnerabilities and detection of malicious components.

Columbia University filed additional patents in 2015 and 2016 that are exclusively licensed to Chip Scan. In the same year, we won a Phase 2 SBIR award to continue work on ESPY technology, which is now administered by the Department of Navy.

The Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) under the Office of the Secretary of Defense recognized Chip Scan's contributions to the advancement of trust for critical DoD and commercial programs. We signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with DMEA to further these goals for the benefit of the nation.

Chip Scan enters a prime contract to radically eliminate cyber attack surface in highly complex systems such as satellite communications.

Chip Scan doubles our headcount.

Chip Scan enters into an agreement with the US Navy to productize the YOLO technology originally invented at Columbia in Dr. Sethumadhavan's lab.  A few years later, the YOLO product becomes the forerunner for cyber defense of shipboard operational technologies such as missile defense and other mission-critical systems.
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This same year, Chip Scan's ESPY entered a new stage of maturity and began commercial engagements. ESPY becomes proven on commercial class designs.

Chip Scan completes the first of several waves of office build out before moving our headquarters into the historic Wave Building.

After a multi-year effort, we developed key experiences and insight into the emerging domain of Hardware Zero Trust. Our first peer-reviewed IEEE conference paper was accepted, showcasing the expertise and original methodologies developed at Columbia University. This methodology is now available as Hardware-Up.

Chip Scan doubles its headcount again.

Chip Scan is accredited by the DMEA as a Trusted Supplier, one of only a few dozen in the world authorized to work on our nation's most sensitive microelectronics designs. We are also the only approved Trusted Flow that specializes in detecting and eliminating reasonable threats to microelectronics designs.

Chip Scan participated in the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) held by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) by demonstrating our YOLO cyber defense technology in a two-week afloat/ashore range exercise. We impressed flag officers, and Chip Scan was later awarded an ANTX Phase 2 Contract Vehicle for the purpose of enabling operational technology protections across DoD systems.