Yesterday, CISA shared the release of a new white paper on Research, Development, and Innovation for Enhancing Resilience of Cyber-Physical Critical Infrastructure: Needs and Strategic Actions. The paper defines three major gaps that will require a more integrated, empirical, and user-informed approach to research and development, especially if research is to address national social justice and climate change priorities in the face of multiple risks and stressors: an integrated analysis of consequences and risk reduction decision factors for critical services that depend on cyber-physical infrastructure systems; an understanding of the societal dimensions of enhancing the resilience of cyber-physical infrastructure systems; and user-engagement in cyber-physical infrastructure research to translate resilience knowledge into effective action at the local and regional level. 

The paper was developed by the Resilient Investment Planning and Development Working Group, a critical infrastructure cross-sector partnership advisory council of academic, private industry, government, and association resilience experts that is sponsored by CISA. It references previous work and recommends a dozen actions for integrated implementation into federal research and development efforts to better address national priorities for the enhanced security and resilience of critical infrastructure and the communities that depend on that infrastructure. Access the full white paper at CISA.