Cyber resilience
Techniques and tooling to harden critical systems, accelerate recovery, and reduce real‑world impact from cyber incidents.
Open, ethical defense research for the public good
We innovate to protect communities, strengthen resilience, and address emerging threats across physical and digital domains — transparently and responsibly.
Research areas
Forward‑thinking work spanning safety, security, and resilience — built in the open where possible.
Autonomy & assurance
Safety frameworks for autonomous and AI‑enabled systems — verifiability, monitoring, and fail‑safe design.
Crisis response
Data‑driven methods for rapid situational awareness and coordinated response across agencies and communities.
Protective tech
Privacy‑preserving and non‑lethal technologies that reduce harm while upholding civil liberties.
Guiding principles
Integrity, sustainability, and humanitarian impact anchor everything we build.
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Open by default
We publish research and tooling openly whenever safe and responsible to do so.
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Ethical safeguards
Independent review, safety testing, and red‑teaming are built into our process.
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Public benefit
We prioritize outcomes that measurably reduce harm and increase community resilience.
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Privacy & rights
Protection of civil liberties and data privacy is a first‑order requirement, not a trade‑off.
Collaborative by design
We partner with universities, nonprofits, and industry experts to ensure that advances are transparent, accessible, and responsibly deployed.
Methods
Rigorous experimentation, reproducible evaluation, and clear documentation. We favor small, modular tools with measurable impact.
Stewardship
We consider long‑term social, environmental, and security implications before scaling solutions beyond pilot stages.
Access
Where possible, results are released under permissive licenses with implementation guides for public agencies and communities.
Contact
We welcome collaboration on projects that improve safety and resilience.
- Email info@defenseresearchlabs.org
- EIN 88-2524201
- Address 13045 Horizon Trl, Castle Pines, CO 80108, US