| The academic and research communities play an important role in enabling national-level critical infrastructure security and resilience, including: |
- Establishing Centers of Excellence (i.e., university-based partnerships or federally funded R&D centers) to provide independent analysis of critical infrastructure security and resilience issues;
- Supporting the research, development, testing, evaluation and deployment of security and resilience technologies;
- Supporting development and implementation of concepts, architectures and technical strategies associated with critical infrastructure security and resilience;
- Analyzing, developing and sharing best practices related to critical infrastructure prioritization, security and resilience efforts;
- Researching and providing innovative thinking and perspective on threats and the behavioral aspects of terrorism and criminal activity;
- Preparing or disseminating guidelines and descriptions of best practices for physical and cyber security;
- Developing and providing suitable all-hazards risk analysis and risk management courses for critical infrastructure security and resilience professionals;
- Establishing undergraduate and graduate curricula and degree programs;
- Conducting research to identify new technologies and analytical methods that can be applied by partners to support critical infrastructure security and resilience efforts;
- Participating in the review and validation of critical infrastructure security and resilience risk analysis and management approaches; and
- Engaging and serving as a resource to local communities for efforts to enhance the security and resilience of physical and cyber critical infrastructure.
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