NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Are the ducks finally lining up on cybersecurity? The recent memorandum of agreement between the departments of Defense and Homeland Security, who for years have been butting heads on cybersecurity ...

“We have seen that these undersea cables, pipelines are vulnerable and it's important that we coordinate more our efforts to protect the critical infrastructure,” NATO Secretary General Jens ...

The U.S. infrastructure landscape is vast and complex: roughly 85% of the critical infrastructure in the country is owned and operated by the private sector, while the public sector provides ...

Asking a cross-sectional group of officials to define “critical infrastructure” would be like asking the group to close their eyes, think of a dog, and describe what they saw. We would end up with ...

Critical infrastructure—power grids, water treatment facilities, transportation networks, healthcare systems, and industrial manufacturing—has become a prime target for cybercriminals and ...

Leaders across government and industry are confronting a hard truth: The attack surface for critical infrastructure security has expanded as aging systems have been retrofitted with networked ...

Every day, Americans rely on critical infrastructure to power our daily lives whether we realize it or not. From the energy that heats our homes and keeps the lights on, to the water that we drink, ...

Telecommunications operators in Nigeria recorded a dramatic surge in fibre optic cable damage in January 2026, with incidents rising by ...

Submarine cables have revalued their status as critical infrastructure. Ensuring their integrity, both physical and cyber, is a major challenge. Between 95 and 99% of the world’s data traffic travels ...