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Our Capabilities

Our primary objective in conducting research and analysis is to support decision makers with results and recommendations they can use as a basis for action. We employ a multidisciplinary team approach to address disparate stakeholders’ perspectives. We also come to problems from a systems thinking perspective, integrating policy, economic, technical, operational, and other factors.

Consistent with our original charter and the future needs of DHS, we continually enhance our core capabilities in business enterprise, workforce, policy, operations, program, and threat and risk analysis.

Threat and Risk Analysis

Threat and risk analysis improves our understanding of adversaries’ organization, capabilities, operations and support mechanisms, and informs strategic planning and development of effective countermeasures. Risk analysis considers threat, vulnerability, and consequence for informed decision making. Our skills and competencies include:

  • Analysis of adversary intentions and capabilities/radicalization processes
  • Requirements development
  • Identification and analysis of emerging threats
  • Empirical study of behaviors and threat assessment approaches
  • Risk assessment
  • Model verification and validation