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By: Dr. Shannon Lane April 2026 Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly being integrated into organizational decision-making across nearly every critical infrastructure sector, from finance and healthcare to transportation, energy, and maritime operations. 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. This research brief

By: David Stone April 2026 Water and wastewater systems are among the most vital components of critical infrastructure in Texas. They safeguard public health, support the economic growth of one of the fastest-expanding states in the nation, and preserve environmental stability through the treatment and distribution of safe water. Yet while physical infrastructure receives most policy attention, the performance and security of these systems ultimately depend on a skilled workf

How rising costs, land loss, and absentee ownership are reshaping the future of rural production. By: Julia Chialastri April 2026 Texas still runs on agriculture. The Texas Department of Agriculture records that we have approximately 231,00 farms working 125.5 million acres, meaning Texas leads the nation in the number of farmers and ranchers. [1] The weathered barns dotting two-lane roads are not just relics, they are the front doors of a $32.2 billion farm economy.  [2]  B

By: David Stone April 2026 Water and wastewater systems constitute one of the sixteen critical infrastructure sectors identified under Presidential Policy Directive 21, with the Environmental Protection Agency serving as the sector-specific agency responsible for coordinating protection efforts. These systems are foundational to public health, economic activity, and national security. Yet, in Texas, a persistent wage gap between water operators and workers in comparable skill

By: Julia Chialastri April 2026 When I hear the words datacenter  and AI , my mind conjures two competing science fiction images.  The first image is inspired by Gene Roddenberry’s bright hopeful future; a sleek, united future, where technology is so integrated into our daily lives that it doesn’t demand our attention.  The other is out of the pages of Harlan Ellison; a hulking black edifice, burrowed into a desolate city scape; an omnipresent predator waiting to absorb the u

Moving beyond low/medium/high toward calibrated probabilities and Dollarized Risk By: Julia Chialastri April 2026 Risk can be measured in terms of probability and dollars, rather than through color codes. Although qualitative ratings for risk (e.g., low, medium, high) seem to be easy to use, they are ordinal ratings and therefore, can’t be added together, or directly compared from one unit of measurement to another; nor can they be directly related to monetary loss. Probabil

By: David Stone April 2026 The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into critical infrastructure protection (CIP) presents decision-makers with a fundamental tension: the same capabilities that promise faster threat detection and improved resilience also introduce novel vulnerabilities and operational risks. A growing body of research suggests that navigating this tension requires less focus on whether to deploy AI and more attention to how, where, and under what gove

By: David Stone April 2026 Governing the Algorithm Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the protection and management of critical infrastructure in the United States, including in Texas, where sectors such as energy, transportation, water systems, and public safety are increasingly dependent on data-driven technologies. While AI offers significant benefits, such as predictive analytics, automated threat detection, and enhanced system resilience, it also intro

By: Dr. Arthur Simental March 2026 Foreign Espionage & Clandestine Biological Warfare Over the last two months several headlines have emerged that paint a sinister picture that should cause great concern across the United States. Over the last few weeks not one, not two, but three seemingly unrelated incidents involving secret Chinese-biolabs have been discovered in the United States, in addition to the reporting of numerous unsolicited packages of seeds being received acros