SPI

SPI was established by USD(AT&L) in December 2001 and operated under the cognizance of the Director, Defense Research & Engineering (DDR&E) with program management performed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Anti-Tamper - Software Protection Initiative (ATSPI) Technology Office. SPI was founded on the principal focus to protect critical DoD intellectual property (application software including executables, source code, and data) from piracy, tamper, and exploitation by nation-state class threats. The SPI Program addresses the need of an alternative approach to implementing security in depth for IT systems that will provide cost effective defenses against nation-state class threats and can be built from commercial components available today.