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Cybersecurity and Digital Resilience · Mandate and publisher

Mandate and publisher

Cybersecurity and Digital Resilience is published by The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI). Its mandate is research on the security, reliability and continuity of cyber-dependent services, devices and institutions. This page sets out who is responsible for the platform, why it exists as a separate field, what it does not do and its current operating state.

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In this dossier6 parts
  1. 01In briefThe short answer
  2. 02MandateResearch on digital continuity
  3. 03PublisherWho is responsible
  4. 04LimitsWhat the platform does not do
  5. 05Key termsTerms used on this page
  6. 06Operating stateWhat exists today

GCRI · In development · service level R0

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01In brief

The short answer.

Cybersecurity and Digital Resilience is a specialist platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation for cyber and digital resilience as well as critical infrastructure. Its mandate covers security, reliability and continuity of cyber-dependent services, devices and institutions. GCRI publishes it, answers for its content and takes no decision on anyone's behalf. It is in development at service level R0, and activities open as each is ready.

02Canvas

Mandate to authority.

Canvas · mandate to authorityDesign, not a record
How Cybersecurity and Digital Resilience is governedA mandate sets the platform's scope; an editor and reviewers govern what it publishes; programmes and the community supply the work; the integrity route handles corrections; authority over decisions stays outside. Design of the governance, not a record.

Fig.How the platform is governed, from its mandate to the authorities who decide. Design, not a record.

03Geography

People and hazards in Europe.

For mandate and publisher, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on night lights, population density and true-colour imagery with true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on Europe; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.

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Layers 3

People and hazards, for this page

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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For mandate and publisher, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on night lights, population density and true-colour imagery with true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on Europe; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A · NASA HLS S30Sources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Observed (EO): Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026), Microsoft Planetary Computer
  • Observed (EO): NASA HLS S30 (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026). We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
  • Optional layers (35 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
  • Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
  • Enhanced vegetation index, rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra EVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

04Mandate

Research on digital continuity.

Field

Scope

Cyber and digital resilience, and the critical infrastructure that depends on it.

Community

Who takes part

Security researchers, security operations practitioners, infrastructure defenders and digital-risk analysts.

Outputs

What it is designed to publish

Digital resilience research notes, critical service scenarios and security literacy material.

05Publisher

Who is responsible.

GCRI publishes the platform and answers for its content. GCRI works across Canada and the United States.

  • Status: in development. Cybersecurity and Digital Resilience is a platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) in development. The current service level is R0: information and enquiries.
  • Why a dedicated platform: the security community has a methodology distinct from AI, governance and compute infrastructure, built on threat modelling, incident handling and recovery engineering.
  • Sources and methods will be published at sources and methods and uncertainty.
06Limits

What the platform does not do.

GCRI is a research, development and policy institution. It is not a regulator, and it does not certify, license or approve; its findings carry their methods and uncertainty.

  • It does not provide incident response, threat intelligence services, penetration testing or security audits.
  • It does not publish exploit code or details that would enable an attack.
  • It does not collect personal data from security incidents beyond what published sources contain.
  • It does not name or shame organizations that have suffered incidents; cases are used for learning, at the level of detail their public reports allow.
  • Taking part, hosting or sponsorship gives no authority over findings.

Nexus is not an emergency or incident response service. If you are dealing with an active incident, contact your national computer emergency response team or your own security provider.

07Key terms

Terms used on this page.

Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.

TermDefinition
Service level R0The current service level of Nexus pages: information and enquiries only. An enquiry receives a reference and a named next step; it creates no membership, contract, assignment or commitment.
Conflict of interestA situation in which financial, professional or personal interests could compromise, or appear to compromise, judgement in research or review.
CybersecurityThe protection of information and systems against unauthorised access, use, disruption, modification or destruction.
Cyber resilienceThe ability to anticipate, withstand, recover from and adapt to adverse conditions, stresses and attacks on systems that use cyber resources, in NIST usage.
08Operating state

What exists today.

The platform publishes information and receives enquiries. Governance questions on digital technology are convened at AI and Digital Governance at The Global Risks Forum (GRF); the financial sector's shared understanding of cyber risk is built at Financial Cyber and Operational Resilience at The Global Risks Alliance (GRA). See the field overview.

09Questions

Questions and answers.

Is the platform a separate organization?
No. It is a specialist platform of GCRI with no separate legal identity.
Will it share threat information?
Research outputs are public and general. The platform is not designed as a threat-sharing community; sector and national arrangements serve that purpose.
How do I contact the team?
Write to research@therisk.global or see contact the specialist team. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step.
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