NSF SECURE Analytics Information

NSF SECURE Analytics provides data collection, analysis and reporting that enhance the research community's capacity to make risk-informed decisions about research security. We serve institutions of higher education, other non-profit research performing organizations, and small and medium-sized businesses. Led by Texas A&M University, in partnership with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and Finch AI, we identify and analyze patterns of foreign interference in research; share information on research security risks; and enhance the community's understanding of: Whom they are collaborating with; whom their collaborators are collaborating with; who is funding those collaborations; whether a foreign government nexus exists; the research security risks those collaborations entail; and how they can mitigate those risks. We deliver large qualitative and quantitative datasets on publications, patents, investments, government policies, and other relevant information; AI-driven tools that transform these datasets into actionable insights for the research community; stakeholder training on risk identification, assessment, and mitigation; and empirical reports and advisories on research security risks. NSF SECURE Analytics partners with the NSF SECURE Center (led by University of Washington) and five SECURE Regional Centers; the Research and Innovation Security & Competitiveness (RISC) Institute at Texas A&M; COGR (Argus beta testing program; the Academic Security & Counter Exploitation (ASCE) program; collaborative opportunities with research institutions; and other potential partnerships (domestic and international). Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation or other U.S. Government Agencies.