Recent Studies
Cybersecurity Potential of SRS
What if DOE or Homeland Security consolidated some of their cybersecurity efforts at SRS? Would such an initiative create synergy and partnerships with Fort Gordon’s Army’s Cyber Command? Such a cybersecurity collaboration could offer a full spectrum of cybersecurity risk management and could promote the mutual exchange of information and resources to improve the security and resilience for both DOE and DOD.
The SRSCRO thought the concept had some merit and commissioned a study by the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) to validate and assess the region’s cyber and energy infrastructure capabilities and perform an analysis of the SRSCRO region’s capabilities to determine if a case can be made to move more DOE/Energy sector cybersecurity functions to the various facilities in the SRS region.
The research from the ICIT study validated this collaboration concept and determined that SRS is ideally positioned and equipped to assist in the national security missions and the defense of the energy grid and other critical infrastructure assets.
To move the initiative forward additional socialization and marketing is required. ICIT developed Phase 2 of the collaboration project to accomplish this objective.
The SRSCRO vision for an end-result could be a 200+ workforce to be housed at SRS or in the SRSCRO Region. The direct impact from labor income alone could approach $20-25 million per year. To make this vision a reality a specific “champion” at the program mission level and/or at the Congressional level is required. In addition, a specific mission and more important, funding is required. This will not be a quick process but the SRSCRO believes the effort is worth pursuing to bring another enduring mission to this region.