Center for Infrastructure Protection & Homeland Security

Optimizing Mass Transit Transportation Resilience: Model, Implementation and Policy Directions

By Fadi A. Karaa, PhD Director, Critical Infrastructure Systems Program, New Jersey Institute of Technology Transportation Role in Community and Societal Resilience A disruption in […]

Safeguarding the Resilience of Power and Transportation Infrastructures during Transitions to Sustainability

Elisabeth Graffy, Arizona State University Lucia Gauchia, Michigan Technological University Winslow Burleson, New York University Elizabeth Chalecki, University of Nebraska-Omaha Jacqueline Tidwell, Arizona State University […]

Integrated Risk Communication and Its Vital Role in Building Resilience in Transportation Systems

Andrea Stone, InfraGardNCR Summary Transportation operators and modes must bring together their safety, security, and emergency management functions to enable the use of a common […]

Aging Waterways, Out of the Box Solutions

Denise Rucker Krepp, EMR USA On March 28, 2017, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the United States’ increasing […]

In the News – This Week in Critical Infrastructure: Week of December 12, 2016

This Week in Critical Infrastructure, we share articles covering a newly reported hack of Yahoo, two reports providing insights for 2017, and one upcoming event […]

Lifecycle Design and Cumulative Benefit-Cost Analysis for Transportation Resiliency

Dr. Sam Merrill, GEI Consultants Judy Gates, Maine Department of Transportation For roads, bridges, and culverts it is challenging to make design decisions that anticipate […]

The Jones Act and its Effect on Freight Transportation in the Aftermath of Disruptive Events: A GIS Perspective

Marc R. Fialkoff and Olufemi A. Omitaomu Disasters Have Consequences In freight transportation, like other critical infrastructures, there are cascading impacts with significant consequences when […]

In the News – This Week in Critical Infrastructure: Week of October 17, 2016

This Week in Critical Infrastructure, we bring you articles discussing new efforts to strengthen cybersecurity for banks and the commercial aviation sector, as well as […]

In the News – This Week in Critical Infrastructure: Week of August 1, 2016

This Week in Critical Infrastructure, we have articles discussing energy, transit, and the potential that elections might someday be considered critical infrastructure. First, from Foreign […]

In the News – This Week in Critical Infrastructure: Week of July 18, 2016

This Week in Critical Infrastructure, we have an updated report from the 2016 Black Hat USA Cybersecurity Conference outlining survey responses from attendees at last […]