This demonstration is part of a broad program to build sustainable resilience and increase opportunity in underserved communities around the world.
High-tech Resilience Demonstration
Did you notice? We have adopted a new name:
The Center of Excellence in Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, and Cyber also to be known as: The C4I & Cyber Center
Our new name reflects our continued objective to remain competitive for sponsorship by our Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers. While we have been active in C4I systems issues associated with Cyber technologies for several years, our old name did not make this clear. Cyber is a major area of concern for these organizations, so it became important that our Cyber expertise be evident in our name.
Resilience: Beyond just “bouncing back,” resilience includes pre-crisis preparations and risk mitigation, effective incident management, and leveraging shocks and stresses to emerge stronger.
Initial Activities: The Lab leverages two complementary initiatives that recently have moved to GMU. STAR-TIDES and Collaborative Community Resilience (CCR) help build sustainable resilience to natural and man-made emergencies while increasing opportunities in under-served communities. They are described in more detail in the :