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Sandia’s Work with Texas Southern University Cited by Representative Sheila Jackson Lee

On May 16, 2013, in Analysis, Facilities, Infrastructure Security, Modeling, Modeling & Analysis, News, News & Events, NISAC, Partnership

Sandia was mentioned in a letter by Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) for outstanding work with Texas Southern University (TSU). Through the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC) program, Sandia has partnered with TSU’s National Transportation Center of Excellence, to complete analyses of the petrochemical supply chain and related analyses of the impact of [...]


Estimating Device or System Probability of Failure

On May 9, 2013, in Analysis, Energy Surety, Facilities, Infrastructure Security, Modeling, Modeling & Analysis, News, News & Events, NISAC

POF Darts is a new algorithm for the QMU problem of estimating device or system probability of failure (POF), e.g., of critical infrastructures in the face of a potentially disruptive event. POF Darts wraps around a computational simulation of a device, evaluating it at particular parameter values, such as uncertain environmental conditions and varying as-manufactured [...]


DHS Mulls Updates to Chemical Site Risk Assessments

On April 3, 2013, in Analysis, Facilities, Infrastructure Assurance, Infrastructure Security, Modeling, Modeling & Analysis, News, News & Events, NISAC, Research & Capabilities

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering potential updates to its procedures for assessing risks posed by chemical facilities under a program for imposing greater security requirements on high-threat sites. DHS is collaborating with Sandia to determine how the Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Standards (CFATS) initiative might assess the financial impact of a potential [...]


ECIS, DHS’s S&T Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency: SUMMIT

On March 21, 2013, in Analysis, Capabilities, Facilities, Global, Infrastructure Security, Modeling, Modeling & Analysis, NISAC, Partnership, Research & Capabilities

Natural disasters create emergency situations that must be dealt with quickly and effectively in order to minimize injury and loss of life. Simulating such events before they occur can help emergency responders fine-tune their preparations. To create the most accurate modeling scenarios, exercise planners need to know critical event details, such as infrastructure damage and [...]


Results from the Human Resilience Index and Modeling project were reported recently in the National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2030 Report

On March 7, 2013, in Analysis, Analysis, Capabilities, Climate, Energy, Energy Surety, Facilities, Global, Global, Global Climate & Energy, Global Climate & Energy, Infrastructure Security, News, News & Events, NISAC, Research & Capabilities, Systems Analysis

The Global Trends report is issued every four years and is the intelligence community’s unclassified effort to look decades ahead at global trends to identify security risks with direct or indirect impact to the U.S. The Human Resilience Index and Modeling project provides a set of tools to help explore the links among human ecological conditions [...]


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