Carleton University

Aging infrastructure is combatting a fast-paced technological environment that is outpacing policy, regulation and a workforce. Cyber attacks increase with unrelenting complexity. Climate change fuels natural disasters. Terrorism, sabotage and espionage threaten national security. Cascading impacts can cripple essential services within communities. The critical problem. The National Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Security and Resilience (NC-CIPSeR) is a non-for-profit research centre housed within Carleton University. The objective of the centre is to streamline research activities alongside Carleton’s unique Infrastructure Protection and International Security Master’s program and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Prioritizing critical sectors and problems, the Centre collaborates with stakeholders to conduct research, and discover innovative solutions that help address critical infrastructure protection needs within Canada. Collaboration driving research into action.