Mission and Vision

The mission of NSF SECURE Analytics is to leverage the power of data and analytics to strengthen the security and integrity of the U.S. research ecosystem.

NSF SECURE Analytics intends to achieve this mission by developing a comprehensive data platform; creating analytical tools and models; enhancing risk assessment; and improving comprehension of research security threats.

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.

Deliverables

NSF SECURE Analytics intends to deliver tools and resources to stakeholders across the research community to enhance their ability to make risk-based decisions.

Open-source datasets, methodologies and tools

Our team will develop materials to identify and analyze patterns of research security risk, threat types, and foreign influence.

Engagement and collaboration

Working hand-in-hand with stakeholders to meet their needs, address their concerns, and enhance their research security capacity.

Community-facing query platform

Accredited users empowered to query the research priorities, collaboration networks, and professional associations of potential international research partners.

Proprietary data analysis

Leveraging our back-end granularity and functionality to conduct data analysis supporting enhanced incident and landscape analyses and timely research security risk reports.

Reference library of policies, leading practices and reports

A resource intended to raise situational awareness for stakeholders of global research security risk.

Training coordinated with National SECURE Center

Capacity building training on research security risk detection, assessment, and mitigation in coordination with the SECURE Center.