{"id":1931,"date":"2026-06-11T09:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cipser\/?page_id=1931"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:13:20","slug":"substrate-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cipser\/research-work\/substrate-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Substrate Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        NC-CIPSeR Substrate Lab\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>Securing Infrastructure Foundations: Profiling security-technology and visualizing critical interdependencies that underpin infrastructure resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1429\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cipser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2026\/06\/NC-CIPSeR_Infrastructure_Modernization_Strategy-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Strategy\" class=\"wp-image-1964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cipser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2026\/06\/NC-CIPSeR_Infrastructure_Modernization_Strategy-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cipser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2026\/06\/NC-CIPSeR_Infrastructure_Modernization_Strategy-1-512x286.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cipser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2026\/06\/NC-CIPSeR_Infrastructure_Modernization_Strategy-1-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cipser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2026\/06\/NC-CIPSeR_Infrastructure_Modernization_Strategy-1-320x179.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cipser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2026\/06\/NC-CIPSeR_Infrastructure_Modernization_Strategy-1-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cipser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2026\/06\/NC-CIPSeR_Infrastructure_Modernization_Strategy-1-1536x857.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cipser\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2026\/06\/NC-CIPSeR_Infrastructure_Modernization_Strategy-1-2048x1143.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<section class=\"box-border relative w-full cu-section cu-section--primary cu-max-w-5xl\">\n<p><!-- Header Section --><\/p>\n<header class=\"cu-pageheader border-b border-cu-black-100 pb-6 mb-8\"><header class=\"cu-pageheader border-b border-cu-black-100 pb-6 mb-8\"><header class=\"cu-pageheader border-b border-cu-black-100 pb-6 mb-8\">\n<h2 class=\"text-xl font-light text-cu-black-500 leading-relaxed max-w-3xl\"><span style=\"color: revert; font-size: 36px; font-weight: revert;\">Lab Mission &amp; Methodology<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"mb-12\"><header class=\"mb-8\">\n<p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-500 max-w-3xl mt-2\">NC-CIPSeR\u2019s Substrate Lab provides rigorous, evidence-based performance profiles for security technologies and resilience tools, offering a blueprint for modern infrastructure defense.<\/p>\n<\/header><\/section>\n<\/header><\/header><\/section>\n<footer class=\"cu-footerstandard mt-auto mb-0 not-prose px-8 py-8 bg-cu-black-900 md:px-10 md:py-12 bg-[length:100.5%] bg-bottom bg-no-repeat\" aria-labelledby=\"footer-heading\"><\/footer>\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                        <figure class=\"flex items-center justify-center w-12 h-12 mx-6 mt-5 mb-1.5 overflow-hidden\">\n                <span class=\"cu-icon cu-icon-thumb\" style=\"width: 48px; 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01: AI Security Launch\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n        \n\n<p>Verification of FHE AI inference and safety-hardening rulesets.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"flex flex-col border-l border-solid cu-timeline-item md:gap-10 md:flex-row border-cu-black-100 md:border-none\">\n            <div class=\"flex-none w-full max-w-60 md:text-right md:border-r md:border-cu-black-100 md:border-solid\">\n            <p class=\"relative pl-6 mt-4 text-base italic cu-timeline-aside not-prose md:mt-0 md:py-6 text-cu-black-500 md:pr-10 md:pl-0\">\n                2026\/2027\n            <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"cu-prose cu-prose-dark cu-prose-first-last flex-1 mt-5 lg:mt-3.5 pb-10 pl-6 md:pl-0\">\n        <header class=\"cu-pageheader cu-component cu-prose-first-last \">\n            <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-xl md:text-2xl lg:text-3xl lg:leading-[2.5rem]   after:left-px\">\n                02: Expanded Benchmarking Operations\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n        \n\n<p>Scaling pilot methodologies into extensive multi-sector testing frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Contact Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cipser\/people\/tyson-macaulay\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cipser\/people\/tyson-macaulay\/\">Tyson Macaulay, CISA, P.Eng CIE LEL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Director, NC-CIPSeR | tyson.macaulay@alumni.carleton.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lab Mission &amp; Methodology NC-CIPSeR\u2019s Substrate Lab provides rigorous, evidence-based performance profiles for security technologies and resilience tools, offering a blueprint for modern infrastructure defense. 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