Document Actions
The National Plan for Research and Development in Support of Critical Infrastructure Protection
Title: The National Plan for Research and Development in Support of Critical Infrastructure Protection
Date: 2004
Author: Michael Chertoff
Institution: Department of Homeland Security
Bibliographic Entry: Michael Chertoff. The National Plan for Research and Development in Support of Critical Infrastructure Protection. Department of Homeland Security, Washington D.C., 2004.
Electronic Link: http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/ST_2004_NCIP_RD_PlanFINALApr05.pdf
Key Words: National Critical Infrastructure Research Development Plan; Detection; Sensor; Systems; Protection; Prevention; Entry; Access; Portals; Threats; Analysis; Decision; Support; Response; Recovery
Summary of Key Issues, Points, Conclusions:
The National Critical Infrastructure Protection Research and Development Plan addresses physical, cyber, and human elements of the critical infrastructure sectors. The Plan is structured around nine science, engineering, and technology themes that support all critical infrastructure sectors, encompass both cyber and physical concerns, and are strongly integrated in a layered security strategy. The themes are:
• Detection and Sensor Systems
o Develop technology to detect unexploded ammo/dangerous materials inside/under assets
o Develop real-time, Global Positioning System for electric grid monitoring and control
o Examine the security and control of transportation infrastructure
o Create Sensor Web for Infrastructure Protection to warn of attacks on infrastructure
o Improve chemical/biological sensors/networks and explosives/radiological detection
o Improve detection of tampering with water systems and building HVAC systems
o Improve supervisory control and data acquisition for water/HVAC systems
o Work on sensors that perform networking for autonomous self-healing routing/security
o Build modeling/simulation/analysis system decision support and planning capability
o Improve river flow and pipeline network models for use by water utilities
o Advance additional modeling, risk assessment, and decision analysis techniques
o Conduct full system analyses on the chemical/water/other critical infrastructure sectors
• Protection and Prevention
o Develop system control/air quality tools to safeguard facilities to chem/bio/radio aerosols
o Adapt military technology for blast/intruder defense of water/transportation infrastructure
o Develop realistic models of blast effects in urban/rural areas to forecast various impacts
o Develop low cost perimeter defense systems for physical infrastructure
o Adapt robot technology designed for space missions for use in hazardous environments
• Entry and Access Portals
o Create Internet Infrastructure Security Program to safeguard domain/routing protocol
o Establish Cyber Security Test and Large-Scale Network Data Sets Programs for R&D
o Develop next level cyber secure and reliable computing environments
o Advance prototype SCADA cryptographic module to test for delays in system reactivity
o Initiate Adaptive Quarantine research project to see that FAA can counter cyber attacks
• Insider Threats
o Focus analytic attention on the most critical information found within massive data sets
• Analysis and Decision Support Systems
• Response, Recovery, and Reconstitution
• New and Emerging Threats and Vulnerabilities
o Develop links between intel threat info and identification of threatened infrastructure
o Develop animal health surveillance strategies/system for animal agriculture
• Advanced Infrastructure Architectures and Systems Design
o Implement autonomous software agent technology
o Explore new architectures for secure/resilient cyber and physical infrastructure systems
o Develop high-performance materials/test procedures/performance modeling capabilities
• Human and Social Issues
o Improve the movement/communication of people under emergency situations
o Investigate the social dynamics of terrorism
The long-term vision of the CIP R&D plan involves three strategic goals:
• A national common operating picture for critical infrastructure
• Next-generation computing/communications with inherent security elements
• Resilient, self-diagnosing, and self-healing physical and cyber infrastructure systems
Name of Researcher: Josh Calcote
Institution: Integrative Center for Homeland Security
Date Posted: 11/11/05