Cyber Resilience Foundations
The security posture of national critical infrastructure demands a variety of knowledge bases and corresponding skillsets. The Cyber Resilience Foundations group works with government and private sector stakeholders to quickly adapt to new technology spaces, understand how their introduction into specialized domains affects system security postures, and create solutions to improve their resilience to new technologies.
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Cyber Risk Reduction
The increasing digitization of our world has created many innovations that bettered our world by introducing connectivity to systems that were never connected before. But it has also created a vast landscape of novel, often interconnected, risks and threats that traditional cybersecurity approaches are insufficient to address. The Cyber Risk Reduction group performs applied research leveraging PNNL capabilities in hardware, software, and firmware security to benefit sectors critical to national security by figuring out how to deconstruct, evaluate, and improve complex systems and develop tools, practices, and skills to meet these challenges.
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Global Research and Analysis
Continuous scientific and technological advancements worldwide are catalysts for rapid changes in technique, approach, and production that are capable of generating novel threats and hazards. The Global Research and Analysis group leverages national laboratory multidisciplinary expertise in science, engineering, military, cybersecurity, and nuclear security to offer strategies and solutions for emerging and rapidly evolving complex threats to U.S. national security.
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Innovative Security Solutions
The evolving technology landscape is transforming the realm of physical protection and incident response, presenting new challenges such as the convergence of physical and cybersecurity threats. These interconnected domains require innovative methods to safeguard IT systems, materials, and vital infrastructure from increasingly complex risks. The Innovative Security Solutions group addresses these challenges by providing critical solutions and support for securing key assets through conventional countermeasures, while also advancing techniques to navigate the complexities of blended security environments. By leveraging operational expertise in asset protection, we tackle the intricacies of converged security by integrating cyber and physical threat assessments and developing mitigations that enhance the protection of nuclear material and critical infrastructure.
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Strategic Threat Analysis
The Strategic Threat Analysis (STA) group leverages partnerships around the world and expertise spanning multiple domains to address complex domestic and international security challenges. STA equips decision makers with nuanced insights and mitigation strategies in a rapidly evolving threat landscape shaped by emergent adversaries and technologies. Our experts bring a deep understanding of technical analysis, nonproliferation, risk and resilience, strategic trade controls, and regional affairs, delivering solutions that address gaps in legal frameworks, outdated approaches, and vulnerabilities within international systems and institutions.
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Mission Alignment
With the accelerated pace of technology development, innovations that once took years now happen in weeks. It is critical to have flexible R&D approaches that can adapt to and incorporate new tools and techniques. The Mission Alignment group brings together senior technical experts and strategic advisors with deep sponsor knowledge to build programs that leverage ET&T’s deep bench strength to address our sponsors’ hardest problems.