Advanced Energy Research Institute
Federal research lab, 400 scientists, classified projects
Key Assets At Risk:
- Classified research data
- National competitive advantage
- Scientific intellectual property
Business Pressure
Congressional presentation Wednesday - breakthrough research represents decades of work and billions in investment
Cultural Factors
- International research collaboration created vulnerabilities in previously air-gapped classified research networks
- Nation-state adversary specifically targets U.S. national laboratories to steal breakthrough technologies and scientific advantages
- Sophisticated malware manipulates research data while exfiltrating classified information to compromise U.S. scientific and economic competitiveness