As AI systems and LEO satellite networks scale, quantum risk grows. Dr. David Mussington, ICIT Fellow outlines why post-quantum cryptography must be embedded now — not retrofitted later — to secure the infrastructure of the 2030s.

ICIT CEO Cory Simpson lays out why infrastructure investment drives affordability—strengthening energy, water, transport, and digital systems to reduce long-term costs and improve resilience.

The ICIT Strategic Partner Webcast “Why Trust and Data Integrity Are the Cornerstones of AI for the Public Sector” is now available to watch. This timely discussion explores how agencies can operationalize transparency, governance, and secure data practices to deploy AI systems that are resilient, accountable, and mission-ready.

ICIT’s Center for FCEB Resilience marked a pivotal year advancing civilian cyber resilience through research, convenings, and public-private collaboration. See how government, industry, and partners are strengthening the federal enterprise—and how your organization can help lead the next phase.

Discover why hands-on experience is essential to closing the cybersecurity workforce gap in this SC Media perspective. Learn how practical training, apprenticeships, and real-world learning pathways help develop the next generation of cyber professionals and strengthen national resilience.

Explore the challenges and opportunities of quantum cryptography in this SC Media perspective. Learn why transitioning from theoretical roadmaps to real-world deployment is critical for securing communications, defending sensitive data, and preparing infrastructure for the quantum era.

Explore why space capabilities are essential to U.S. national strategy and critical infrastructure in this SC Media perspective. Learn how satellite systems, space policy, and commercial innovation underpin communications, defense, navigation, and resilience in an era of growing geopolitical competition.

Learn why cyber risk is a critical concern for the U.S. water sector and how the Sector Risk Management Agency (EPA) and public-private partners are working to protect utilities from cyber threats. This SC Media perspective highlights evolving risks, resource gaps, and collaborative solutions that help keep water safe and flowing.

Explore how the U.S. can maintain competitive advantage in advanced technology against China by strengthening the “electric tech stack” that underpins defense, infrastructure, and innovation. This insight from SC Media highlights why semiconductor supply chains, critical materials, industrial policy, and cross-sector collaboration are essential to national security and economic resilience.

ICIT welcomes Aaron Faulkner, Founder & CEO of SERVISS LLC, as a new ICIT Fellow, bringing deep expertise in cybersecurity, post-quantum risk, and national resilience.

The Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) is proud to announce and welcome Benjamin J. Fernandes, PhD, MBA, as a new ICIT Fellow. Dr. Fernandes brings a distinguished record of leadership across national security, defense policy, and emerging technologies.

Explore leadership under pressure in SC Media’s “How We Lead: At the Seams,” where Cory Simpson reflects on the disciplines—presence, humility, empathy, and resilience—that define effective cybersecurity and organizational leadership as we transition into 2026.

ICIT is thrilled to announce Chris Hetner as a new ICIT Fellow. Chris is a Senior Executive, Board Director, and leader in Cybersecurity recognized for raising cyber risk and AI governance to the Executive Suite and Corporate Board level to protect industries, infrastructures, and economies.

Discover how West Virginia is advancing cyber resilience nationwide. From WVU Cyber’s community-focused programs to strategic partnerships that protect critical systems, this post highlights innovation, workforce development, and infrastructure security for the digital future.

Uncovers the hidden cybersecurity risks posed by foreign-owned and operated technologies in U.S. ports—and why modernizing maritime security is now a national imperative.

The new National Security Strategy reframes cyber and critical infrastructure as instruments of national power—not just governance. This op-ed examines how the NSS elevates infrastructure resilience, public-private coordination, and technology leadership as core pillars of U.S. security in an era of escalating digital conflict.

ICIT organizes its focus area on critical infrastructure into three interdependent pillars that incorporate four of the sixteen critical infrastructure sectors: Energy & Grid, Water & Wastewater, and Transportation & Telecommunications. In 2026, we will be examining these pillars through the lens of topics like Defense Critical Infrastructure, Cyber Force, Drones, Federal Civilian Executive Branch, and Data Centers & Artificial Intelligence.

In this SC Media perspectives piece, Dr. David Mussington, demonstrates that with deeply converged infrastructure—extending across hyperscale data centers, global cloud services, and AI-powered supply chains—risk must also be considered as converged.

The Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT), the nation’s first cybersecurity and critical infrastructure think tank, is proud to announce the members of its distinguished Board of Directors.

ICIT, a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) think tank, is excited to announce its first formal academic and collaborative partnership with West Virginia University (WVU) to accelerate research, education, and drive real-world impact across the nation’s interdependent infrastructure pillars of Energy & Grid, Water & Wastewater, Transportation & Telecommunications.

ICIT, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to modernizing, securing, and making resilient critical infrastructure that provides for people’s foundational needs, is proud to announce the winners and Co-Chair of its 2025 ICIT Gala & Benefit — an annual invitation-only black-tie event that celebrates leading figures in cybersecurity and national security while raising funds to support ICIT’s independent research and education initiatives.

As cyber-threats evolve, so must our mindset. In his recent article at SC Media, Jim Routh (an esteemed Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology Fellow) poses a powerful question: Should enterprises offer personal data protection to employees as a benefit?

In this SC Media perspectives piece, Dr. Darren Death, ICIT Fellow shares his perspective to use RMF as it was intended, as an engineering framework that links security requirements to system behavior and verifies those relationships continuously. The framework already defines a complete model for continuous authorization. It must be executed as part of engineering and operations rather than as a separate compliance process.

In this SC Media perspectives piece, Dr. David Mussington, CISSP DDN.QTE makes a strong case for a standards-first, layered “drone wall” that fuses multi-sensor AI, SAPIENT interoperability, and non-kinetic + attritable effects to defend at scale — a practical way to bend the cost curve against mass UAS attacks. The Alliance, he writes, can field this now by networking existing sensors, enforcing interfaces, and training together.