Institute For Homeland Security - Sam Houston State University | Critical Infrastructure Research and Education in Texas
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An Analysis of Vulnerability Gaps and Recommended Policy Responses for 2026
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Port Security and Maritime Risk Along the Teas Gulf Coast
An Analysis of Vulnerability Gaps and Recommended Policy Responses for 2026
Protecting what matters most to Texas.
The Institute for Homeland Security at Sam Houston State University partners with government, industry and academia to advance research, education, and collaboration across Texas' most critical sectors. We are dedicated to providing practitioner focused research and training programs.
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Protecting what matters most to Texas.
The Institute for Homeland Security at Sam Houston State University partners with government, industry and academia to advance research, education, and collaboration across Texas' most critical sectors. We are dedicated to providing practitioner focused research and training programs.
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120+
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
5
CRITICAL SECTORS
5
CRITICAL SECTORS
40+
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
MOST RECENT BRIEFS
SECTOR
An Analysis of Vulnerability Gaps and Recommended Policy Responses for 2026
SECTOR
Port Security and Maritime Risk Along the Teas Gulf Coast
An Analysis of Vulnerability Gaps and Recommended Policy Responses for 2026
Protecting what matters most to Texas.
The Institute for Homeland Security at Sam Houston State University partners with government, industry and academia to advance research, education, and collaboration across Texas' most critical sectors. We are dedicated to providing practitioner focused research and training programs.
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120+
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
4+
YEARS OF IMPACT
5
CRITICAL SECTORS
40+
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
MOST RECENT BRIEFS
SECTOR
An Analysis of Vulnerability Gaps and Recommended Policy Responses for 2026
SECTOR
Port Security and Maritime Risk Along the Teas Gulf Coast
An Analysis of Vulnerability Gaps and Recommended Policy Responses for 2026
Protecting what matters most to Texas.
The Institute for Homeland Security at Sam Houston State University partners with government, industry and academia to advance research, education, and collaboration across Texas' most critical sectors. We are dedicated to providing practitioner focused research and training programs.
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120+
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
4+
YEARS OF IMPACT
5
CRITICAL SECTORS
40+
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
FEATURED RESEARCH BRIEF
Social Network Analysis of Texas Data Center Infrastructure Ownership
Cross Sector | November 2026 | 9 Min Read
Modern corporate ownership is rarely linear. Between subsidiary layers, joint ventures, holding groups, and institutional investments, understanding who ultimately owns and operates critical economic infrastructure has become a remarkably complex task. [1] [2] [3] Traditional business intelligence relies heavily on multiple spreadsheets to record customers, competitors and sales prospects to trace organizational relationships.
Social Network Analysis (SNA) offers a transformative solution to this challenge. By shifting the perspective from isolated spreadsheets to network graph models, SNA automates and clarifies the laborious process of mapping entity-to-entity relationships, connecting parent companies to subsidiaries, and untangling complex ownership structures.
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Oil and Gas
When people ask me what I've done for a living, the simple answer that I give them is that I've spent more than thirty years working in the energy industry.
Transportation Sector
A 2002 TxDOT-sponsored report proposed evaluating rail lines according to statewide importance, interchange opportunities, distance to alternate rail service, highway alternatives, truck-related costs, economic-development effects, funding, and local support.
FEATURED RESEARCH BRIEF
A New Chapter Foreign Espionage and Clandestine Biological Warfare against the United States: Hidden threats from Secret Chinese Biolabs and Agricultural Subterfuge
All Sectors | March 2026 | 8 min Read
Over the past two years, multiple incidents—including secret Chinese biolabs on U.S. soil, thousands of unsolicited seed shipments threatening agricultural security, and the operation of an illegal Chinese police station—have raised serious concerns about national biosecurity, public health, and potential violations of international law.
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Artifical Intelligence
As organizations adopt AI-driven tools for efficiency, prediction, and automation, insurers face a fundamental challenge: how to underwrite a risk that is dynamic, opaque, and only partially observable.
Water & Wastewater Sector
Findings reflect a national pattern in which the median age of water sector employees exceeds that of the broader workforce, indicating that replacement demand will intensify throughout the decade.
FEATURED RESEARCH BRIEF
A New Chapter Foreign Espionage and Clandestine Biological Warfare against the United States: Hidden threats from Secret Chinese Biolabs and Agricultural Subterfuge
All Sectors | March 2026 | 8 min Read
Over the past two years, multiple incidents—including secret Chinese biolabs on U.S. soil, thousands of unsolicited seed shipments threatening agricultural security, and the operation of an illegal Chinese police station—have raised serious concerns about national biosecurity, public health, and potential violations of international law.
MOST RECENT BRIEFS