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Societal Security

Research on societal security aims to strengthen society's ability to protect itself against and manage events that threaten fundamental values and functions, and endanger lives and health, whether these events are caused by nature, technical or human errors, or malicious actions.

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SINTEF is an internationally leading research environment in societal security. We contribute to a safe and secure society by integrating engineering and social science expertise in close collaboration with government and industry.

Through security research, we contribute to the understanding and evaluation of risks, vulnerabilities, and complex threats.

The goal of our focus on societal security is to create economic growth and an internationally leading professional environment by integrating SINTEF's expertise in societal security.

This corporate initiative addresses major societal challenges related to critical infrastructure, societal critical functions, climate change, digital vulnerability, increased risk of terrorist attacks, and other intentional or unintentional events that threaten the functioning of society.