The complete report is also available at this site. Research requiring government investment is emphasized. This research must be accompanied by technology development within the private sector to ensure that useful products are developed. The team, consisting of representatives from government, industry, academia and research institutes, and the Department of Energy national laboratories, also solicited input from, and coordinated with, numerous experts and stakeholders from their respective areas of representation in developing the topics and roadmapping information. Other themes focus on developing analytical or supporting technologies to help meet those objectives.
Vulnerability assessment provides supporting baseline information for all of the other themes.
Included within each theme are elements that apply to, or crosscut, multiple infrastructures. Strategically, the portfolio should support the timely development of technologies to protect and assure critical infrastructures. Moreover, it provides a framework for establishing education and awareness programs, building partnerships with industry, and developing legislative initiatives intended to reduce vulnerabilities. These forums would bring together researchers, private-sector infrastructure owners and operators, and government agencies to discuss common problems and requirements, to establish research agenda, and to promote creative thinking to solve infrastructure problems.