NIHS is a national leader in the acceleration and transition-to-use
of security and resilience research into sustainable pathways
NIHS is a national leader in developing, testing, and deploying next-generation security solutions for today’s threats.
WHAT WE DO BEST
We are experts in the development and deployment of sustainable security solutions. Our capabilities include:
Transition
to Use
Each project can maximize risk reduction through broad, self-sustained deployment. Through our expertise in technology acceleration and commercialization, we help guide government and industry sponsors through the options available to maximize investment impact.
Program
Management
We provide agile, innovative, and results oriented portfolio, program and project management services to help our clients achieve results. With our certified Project Management Professionals (PMPs) as your team members, we can deliver results on time and within Budget.
Public-Private
Partnerships
NIHS is a national leader in identifying and bringing together stakeholders in government, academia and the private sector. Through nontraditional collaborations, NIHS gets to the heart of real requirements and brings industry leading innovators from our extensive network to solve security and resilience challenges.
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THREE PILLARS OF OUR SERVICE:
Provide national leadership and innovation in research on community-based critical infrastructure protection and resiliency.
Establishing the right requirements, getting to the heart of the need through public-private partnerships and stakeholder collaboration.
Facilitating project transitions that maximize risk reduction through sustainable deployment pathways.
SOME OF OUR SOLUTIONS:
Success Stories
“Tekcrete ™ Fast: This ultra-rapid hardening, high performance dry process shotcrete (sprayed concrete product) was developed by the University of Kentucky through NIHS for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The product was formulated to quickly stabilize damaged buildings and is currently commercially sustained as an important advance in mine safety, available at www.minovaglobal.com.“Motion Amplification®: This video-based sensing technology was developed by the University of Louisville through NIHS for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This technology was designed to enable highway bridge inspectors to assess bridge problems from a remote distance using motion and vibration. By expanding the application to include large manufacturing machines, this technology has been very successful commercially and is currently available at www.rditechnologies.com.
Planning and Implementing a Drive-Through Vaccination Process: A Complete How-To Manual: This is a one-stop toolkit for planning, executing, and evaluating all aspects of a drive-through vaccination event was developed by the University of Louisville through NIHS for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This guide was successfully used to implement drive-through vaccination events for H1N1 in 2009 and COVID-19 in 2021. The guide is currently available free (kindle version) for communities on www.amazon.com.
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OUR MISSION
We are dedicated to protecting our nation’s critical infrastructure by discovering and developing technologies that reduce the consequences of man-made attacks or natural disasters. Our mission is to enhance and protect the nation’s infrastructure by providing expertise to strengthen critical systems, processes, and technologies.
As a leader in collaborative innovation, NIHS connects our customers with world-class technologies to create effective and sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most critical challenges.
