Keep America Safe

The CBTS vision is to be the premier research center for the development of solutions, protocols and capabilities to support DHS operations to detect, assess, and respond to known and unknown threats and hazards that could adversely impact the nation’s supply chain infrastructure as it relates to people, agriculture, and economy.​

The CBTS mission is to enhance cross border screening and supply chain defense against known and unknown threats through cutting edge research, education, and innovative applications of emerging technologies.​

The CBTS goals are to work in collaboration with DHS to deliver solutions, develop processes and enhance capabilities to support DHS operations designed to counter threats and secure our Nation without compromising commercial enterprise.​

To integrate a triple-helix binational taskforce comprised of representatives from academia, industry and government from the U.S. and Mexico, to address the public health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. – Mexico health supply chain systems for health infrastructure and for the health of the workforce, considering current and emerging regional social, economic and environmental Risks.​

To develop a data-lake platform concentrating near real-time analytics following a Risk systems approach that can provide strategic information about the evolution of COVID-19 and related current and emerging threats, the state of vulnerability of the health supply chain systems, and the likely impacts a combination of these may cause to society, the economy and the environment.​

To publish a monthly U.S.-Mexico COVID-19 Risk Bulletin to provide scientific, technological, and strategic cultural support to secure the operation of the U.S.-Mexico health supply chain systems.​