Cyber Analysis and Analytics True situational awareness requires awareness of evolving threats, analyzing large-scale data of multiple modalities in novel ways, balancing the equities of multiple partners, utilizing the creativity and experience of subject matter experts, and knowledge of mission spaces. The Cyber Analytics and Analysis group creates reliable, repeatable, and robust methods for obtaining and maintaining cyber situational awareness.
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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, including the integration of IT systems and safeguarding of materials and vital infrastructure. The Innovative Security Solutions group provides vital solutions and support for securing key assets through conventional countermeasures, while simultaneously driving innovation in cyber-physical assessments and mitigations. The group uses its operational experience in asset protection to blend traditional cybersecurity and physical security into a holistic security approach, comprising a set of tools, techniques, and processes that fortify the protection of nuclear material and critical infrastructure.
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Strategic Threat Analysis Today’s threat landscape is shaped by rapidly evolving technologies, a flood of data and information, and new adversaries. The Strategic Threat Analysis group identifies emerging threats and develops threat-informed analysis and mitigation strategies for decision-makers that integrate data, scientific, and technical information. Our experts leverage a deep understanding of current challenges and emerging trends in climate security, nonproliferation, strategic trade controls, and regional affairs to propose solutions that address gaps in legal frameworks, outdated policies, or weaknesses in international systems and institutions.
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Threat Prevention and Resilience A suite of laws, policies, threat response programs, and international institutions work together to mitigate current and emerging national security threats. Yet, threat actors and the pace of technology development continue to challenge the integrity of this system. The Threat Prevention and Resilience group engages with international leaders, organizations, and practitioners to scan for emerging threats, understand evolving operating conditions, meet technology needs, and implement national security functions. These activities bolster the effectiveness and resilience to anticipate, detect, and mitigate national security threats.
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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. |
Security Operations As threats to national security information adapt and expand at an accelerated rate, the battle to protect sensitive government information demands creative approaches to respond to threats and effectively mitigate the threats to national security information. The NSD Security Operations group envisions, builds, and maintains environments that enable PNNL staff to solve complex and sensitive R&D challenges while keeping national security information out of the hands of our adversaries. |
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