The National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC): A New Contributor to Strategic Leader Education and Formulation of Critical Infrastructure Policies and Decisions

The paper outlines the work done at the U.S. National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC). NISAC assists the military’s Senior Service College (SSC) community in educating future strategic leaders about the U.S. infrastructure system and researching the effects that new government security policies and actions would have on the nation’s critical assets and public/private sector services. NISAC works in the areas of policy analysis, investment and mitigation planning, education and training, and real-time assistance to crisis response organizations. NISAC can assist the Military’s SSCs in three areas:

 (1) Provide simulations that produce accurate forecasts/outcomes for potential policy and regulatory decisions made during exercises, workshops, and seminars;
 (2) Produce feasible simulation outcomes to drive realistic exercise scenario development; and
 (3) Support classroom studies on homeland security issues.

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NISAC : A New Contributor to Strategic Leader Education and Formulation