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Strengthening Research Security: Introducing NSF’s SECURE Center & SECURE Analytics | Training Topic

Presented By: Dr. Lisa Nichols, SECURE Center Deputy Director and Dr. Ivett Leyva, SECURE Analytics Co-PI

This session provides an overview of the National Science Foundation’s SECURE Center and SECURE Analytics initiatives, highlighting their role in advancing research security, risk awareness, and data-informed decision-making across the research ecosystem. Attendees will gain insight into available tools, resources, and collaborative opportunities designed to support institutions in identifying and mitigating security risks while maintaining an open and innovative research environment.

• NSF SECURE Center 

  • NSF SECURE (Safeguarding the Entire Community in the U.S. Research Ecosystem) Center has been built for academic institutions, non-profit research centers, and small and medium businesses to meet the challenge of securing US innovation while maintaining a vibrant and open research ecosystem.

  • secure-center.org/

• NSF SECURE Analytics

  • NSF SECURE Analytics engages in four core areas of work, all focused on helping universities, research organizations, businesses, and national laboratories make more informed decisions about research security:

    1. Landscape Analysis

    2. Risk Modeling

    3. Tools & Technology

    4. Training & Resources

  • secure-analytics.org/

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Institutional Showcase | Community relationships and collaboration opportunities; Establish Community Inventory; Surface Community Needs; Help emerging centers through CoP and discover mentoring opportunities 

1. Dynamic Documentation: Wiki, Document as Code, and Scripted SSPs [Recording] May '26

2. From Learning Assessment to the Real Deal - How UCSD Approached the CMMC L2 Assessment [Recording] | Feb. '26

3. AI In Regulated Research: Practical Uses + Cybersecurity Considerations | [Recording] | Jan. '26 

4. Cracking into Culture: Infusing Cybersecurity into the Culture of our Research Enterprise at GTRI [Recording] | Nov. '25

5. Transforming Endpoints into Beginning Points [Recording] | Sept. '25

6. Lessons Learned - NC State’s Journey to CMMC Level 2 Compliance [Recording] | Q&A + Office Hours Transcript | Jun. '25

7. Research Security Offices: Structure, Organization and Operation [Recording] | Apr. '25

8. Tackling NIST 800-171 HPC Challenges: Insight and Lessons Learned  [Recording] | Feb. '25

9. Do you know your campus government relations team? [Recording] | Nov. '24

10. Assessment Experiences [Recording] | May '24

11. NC State Regulated Research Responsibility Ownership [Recording] | Mar. '24

12. Certifying HiPerGator for Protected Health Information [Recording] | Dec. '23

13. Debrief of first-ever - CMMC Learning Assessment [Recording] | Nov. '23

14. CU Boulder CMMC Gap Analysis  Lessons Learned [Recording] | Oct. '23

15. Climbing the NISTy Mountains: A travelers guide [Recording] | Aug. '23

16. Panel on GRC Tools [Recording] | Apr. '23

17. Financials & Cost Model [Recording] | Feb. '22

18. NIST 800-171 Compliance Journey [Recording] | Sep. '22

19. Impact of Cybersecurity on UCF Research Administration [Recording] and The UChicago Security Research Data Strategy and Secure Data Enclave [Recording]  | Nov. '22

20. System Security Plan Innovators [Recording] | Mar. '22

Researcher Focused Session | Strengthen relationships with impacted domain researcher; Gather feedback on their interests from the community; Develop collaboration opportunities

1. Facilitating Research: Intersections with Security at UCSD [Recording] | Sep. '23

2. Compliance & Researchers: Teamwork makes the dream work [Recording] | May '22

Training Topic | Establishing Community Inventory; Develop Community Skills; Address Gaps Missing at the Institutional Level

1. A journey of developing Security Guidance for High-Performance Computing (HPC) [Recording] | April '26

2.  Enhancing Institutional Cybersecurity Through 14 Controls [Recording] | March '26

3. Sustainable Documentation: Debrief of CPPC'25 Full Day Workshop [Recording] | July '25

4. What’s In or Out? Compliance Check-In [Recording] | May '25

5. Flipping the Script on CMMC with ARFL Digital Research | recording by request: info@regulatedresearch.org | Mar. '25

6. C3PAO Perspective on Sponsorship and Governance  [Recording] | Jan. '25

7. CISA Resources [Recording] | Oct. '24

8. Navigating Clinical Research Operations and Compliance [Recording] | Jul. '24

9. Debrief of "A Day with the CMMC Assessors" workshop [Recording] | Jun. '24

10. What you really need to know about HIPAA [Recording] | Apr. '24

11. CMMC 2.0 Rulemaking by Jacob Horne [Recording] | Feb. '24

12. The Path to CMMC Assessment [Recording] | Feb. '23

13. ChatGPT for CMMC Compliance [Recording] | Mar. '23

14. System Security Plan Workshop Deliverables [Recording] | May '23

15. NIST SP 800-171 R3 [Recording] | Jun. '23

16. Preparing and Engaging with Third-Party Assessors [Recording] | Aug. '22

17. Making FAQs & Documentation More User-Friendly [Recording] | Apr. ' 22

18. Convenience vs Security & Debrief from Certified CMMC Professional course [Recording] | Oct. '22

19. Tales from the IT Policy Office at the University of California [Recording] | Dec. '22

Strategic Partnership | Dedicated time to the partners to hear from the community

1. Ask the Assessor LIVE + RRCoP Resource Roundup [Recording] | Dec. '25

2. Bridging the Gap: Developing a Regulated Research Implementation Guide [Recording] | Aug. '25

3. Trusted CI & RRCoP: The Next Five Years  [Recording]| Dec. '24

4. EDUCAUSE Policy Review [Recording] | Sep. '24

5. Voices from Aligned Communities [Recording] | Jun. '22

6.  NIST guidance document for implementing controls on HPC systems [Recording] | Jan. '23

7. Department of the Navy Blue Cyber Education Series for Small Businesses and Academic/Research Institutions [Recording] | Jul. 23

8. Biomedical Programs & HITRUST [Recording] | Jul. '22

All Hands Meeting | Addressing updates from Academic and Industry

1. RRCoP Planning and All Hands [Recording] | Jan. '24

2. RRCoP Then & Now  [Recording] | Aug. '24

3. Overview of RRCoP and Planning [Recording] | Jan. '22

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