Critical Security Research & Analysis Center

Critical Security Research & Analysis Center (CSRAC) is a research organization focused on protecting critical infrastructure from threats posed by foreign states, domestic extremists, and individual actors. It studies emerging risks and develops practical approaches to strengthening security and resilience. Its work applies lessons from national defense to homeland security, with attention to physical security, social media influence, and attacks that combine multiple methods.

CSRAC promotes a Cumulative Defense Strategy, which incrementally strengthens security measures to increase the resources an adversary would need to succeed. The center uses mathematical analysis to assess threat success probabilities, measure the effective difficulty of a breach, and evaluate the costs and benefits of countermeasures. Its research and publications address topics such as infrastructure resilience, design basis threats, and attack vectors affecting U.S. critical assets. Current projects include analysis of multivector attacks and resilience, physical security, and protection of clean water supplies.

CSRAC also provides actionable intelligence and informational briefings to help organizations understand emerging threats and consider appropriately scaled, cost-effective security solutions.