By creating easily accessible visual representations of data and building interactive models, engagement in infrastructure planning and disaster preparedness increases exponentially. This article presents the value of visualization and modeling tools to support and improve disaster preparedness. Some recent projects lead by the Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis (OCIA) at the Department of Homeland Security to understand and find solutions to those cascading infrastructure issues are also presented.

“Our responsibility is to really understand how infrastructures operate, how they work together, what are the connections, the dependencies, the interdependencies between infrastructure," he said, "and ultimately to understand what happens when those infrastructures fail, are disrupted or attacked ..."

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