A May 2020 joint release from AAU and APLU providing effective practices that can be utilized by universities to implement research security efforts and minimize foreign influence.
Institutional Best Practices
Recommended practices, institutional actions, and principles from universities and associations for strengthening research security.
A May 2021 joint release from AAU and APLU highlighting key principles that can be adapted by both universities and the federal government to protect the research enterprise from foreign influence.
Issued by the NCSC in December 2021, this document includes links to risk mitigation materials that can be utilized to improve: physical security, personnel security, operations security, cybersecurity, defensive counterintelligence, insider threat mitigation, and supply chain risk management.
A summary document from AAU, updated in January 2024, that references key federal documentation that has been developed to address foreign influence in research.
AAMC's portal for research security resources, providing guidance and advocacy materials on research security and foreign influence at U.S. academic institutions.
The AAU homepage providing access to research security resources, policy statements, and advocacy materials from the Association of American Universities.
The APLU homepage providing access to research security resources and advocacy materials from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities.