The mission of NSF SECURE Analytics is to identify and analyze patterns of foreign interference in research, share information on research security risks, and enhance the community’s understanding of whom they are collaborating with; whom their collaborators are collaborating with; who is funding those collaborations; whether a foreign government nexus exists; the research security risks those collaborations entails; and how those risks can be mitigated.
Proactive Risk Mitigation

Move beyond reactive measures to anticipate and mitigate potential threats.
Data-Driven Decision Making

Provide evidence-based insights to support informed decisions about research security.
Enhanced Collaboration

Foster cooperation between government agencies and the research community.
Protection of Research Integrity

Protect and safeguard the integrity of U.S. research and intellectual property.
Products and Services
NSF SECURE Analytics delivers tools and resources to stakeholders across the research community to enhance their ability to make risk-based decisions.
Large datasets
Large qualitative and quantitative datasets on publications, patents, investments, government policies, and other relevant information.
AI-driven tools
AI-driven tools that transform these datasets into actionable insights for the research community.
Argus platform
The flagship data collection, analysis and reporting platform for NSF SECURE Analytics to empower the research community to mitigate foreign interference in research. See more here.
Stakeholder training
Stakeholder training on risk identification, assessment, and mitigation.
Reports and advisories
Empirical reports and advisories on research security risks.