Pete Domenici: “NISAC fills a critical need in our work to secure the United States against terrorist attacks. By utilizing the modeling…”

“NISAC fills a critical need in our work to secure the United States against terrorist attacks. By utilizing the modeling and simulation analysis capabilities at the DOE labs, NISAC is providing the Department of Homeland Security with science-based information and analysis to understand the full consequences of disruptions to the Nation's critical infrastructure. NISAC can assess infrastructure vulnerabilities, interdependencies, and complexities to help the department, industry and other government agencies protect and secure critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks. NISAC is already at work to help protect the critical infrastructure of our Nation against terrorist attack. NISAC has looked at port security with specific demonstrations in the Pacific Northwest in Seattle and Portland. NISAC has supported the TOPOFF II exercise to help evaluate the impact of decisions made during an exercise simulating a biological attack. NISAC is being tasked to model critical industries and critical links in the nation's transportation network.”