Anti-Tamper
Critical Technology Protection & Exploitation Prevention. Comprehensive compliance infrastructure for DoDD 5200.47E Anti-Tamper requirements. Manage AT plans from concept through verification and validation, coordinate with the AT Executive Agent, and ensure critical technologies remain protected throughout the acquisition lifecycle and beyond.
Buy time for technological superiority to persist
AT is not designed to completely defeat reverse engineering. The objective is to make exploitation so time-consuming and expensive that protected technology is replaced before adversaries succeed.
Discourage exploitation attempts through visible protection
Extend time required for successful reverse engineering
Identify when tampering or exploitation attempts occur
Take action when exploitation is detected
Five submissions through the acquisition lifecycle
AT Concept Plan
Establishes initial protection approach before Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction begins.
AT Concept Plan submitted to Executive Agent
This is not a
paper exercise
Programs must demonstrate through testing that AT measures actually work as designed. The Executive Agent witnesses V&V activities and verifies performance.
Secure test environments with appropriate classification levels for AT evaluation
Appropriately cleared test teams and observers for classified evaluations
Realistic threat scenario simulation based on current intelligence assessments
SAF/AQL observation, verification, and formal attestation of results
Trusted Foundry & Microelectronics Security
Custom-designed or military-specific integrated circuits must be procured from DMEA accredited trusted suppliers.
Protection Mechanisms
Physical barriers that reveal intrusion attempts
Automated reactions to detected tampering
Protected storage for sensitive data and keys
Each mechanism must be tailored to the specific CPI being protected and the assessed threat. Thalorin provides libraries of approved protection mechanisms with implementation guidance and cost estimates.
Typical AT implementation cost impact on system budgets, covering design, implementation, verification, and sustainment phases.
Common pitfalls to avoid
Programs that underestimate AT costs face difficult trade-offs later when protection measures compete with capability requirements.
Export and Foreign Disclosure
AT requirements intensify for systems destined for export. Protection mechanisms may need to be more robust for export variants.
Reduced control over operational environments and maintenance
Potential transfer to non-allied nations through various pathways
Systems remain in foreign inventories after U.S. retirement
Thalorin manages export-specific AT requirements separately from domestic baselines, tracking approved mechanisms by partner and maintaining configuration control between variants.
Platform Capabilities
Structured templates with decision support
Deadline tracking and notifications
SAF/AQL workflow routing
IMS linkage and dependency tracking
DMEA supplier validation
Approved mechanisms catalog
PPBE budget tracking
Domestic/foreign baseline control
Integrated PPP workflow
Complete decision history
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See how Thalorin manages AT plans from concept through verification — automated plan submissions, trusted foundry coordination, and V&V tracking.