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Home » Authors » Robert A. Norton Ph.D.

Robert A. Norton Ph.D.

Robert Norton, Ph.D., is Chair of the Auburn University Food System Institute’s Food and Water Defense Working Group in Auburn, Alabama, and is a long-time consultant to the U.S. military and federal and state law enforcement agencies.
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An Information Sharing and Analysis Center for the Food and Agriculture Sector

The food and agriculture sector is the only U.S. critical infrastructure without a threat Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC)
Robert A. Norton Ph.D. Marcus (Marc) Sachs P.E.
February 6, 2023

An increasingly critical element of food safety and defense planning is assurance of data integrity—the ability to keep data unchanged as it is communicated or stored. Information that is used for decision-making or reporting cannot be compromised, altered, or manipulated by unauthorized users. Threat information is best shared through the establishment and voluntary participation of an Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC). Food and agriculture is the only sector that lacks an ISAC. With security threats against the sector increasing and cyber threats against the global supply system also on the rise, it is imperative that a food and agriculture ISAC be formed.


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Cyber as a Vital Element in Comprehensive Food Safety and Defense Programs

Food safety professionals must be aware of new challenges and vulnerabilities
Robert A. Norton Ph.D. N.C. Simmons
June 10, 2022

Cyber is the backbone for food and agriculture defense. Adversaries have the means, opportunity, and motivation to break the cyber backbone at will. If or when adversaries carry out an attack of large magnitude, the result could be a massive compromise of food safety, food defenses, and food security. To avoid that dark scenario, agriculture and food companies must properly prepare for a different kind of assault. The place to start is with their own cyber defense systems.


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COVID-19, the Food Supply, and Cybersecurity: Coalescing Concerns

COVID-19 dramatically disrupted the food supply, but we must be prepared to tackle new kinds of disruptions in the future.
Robert A. Norton Ph.D. Joseph McGarvey Ph.D., C.I.S.S.P. Marcus (Marc) Sachs P.E.
February 16, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically disrupted the food supply. This article seeks to explain the transcendent lessons of this national emergency, with the hope that being aware of them will help national decision-makers better prepare for next time. Our food systems, like the larger supply chain, will be challenged in the future with new kinds of disruptions, making it essential that mistakes are not repeated and that proactive, correct solutions are discovered and preparations made now.


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Persistent Cyber Threats Focus Food Defense Efforts

Robert A. Norton Ph.D.
August 3, 2021

Food safety and food defense are two sides of the same coin. One cannot exist without the other, ultimately meaning that if one is compromised, so too is the other.


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The Nexus of COVID-19 and Food Safety

Robert A. Norton Ph.D. Emefa Monu Ph.D.
February 26, 2021

Is coronavirus transmission by food or food packaging a valid concern? Here’s what we know and what we should be doing in the current absence of clear causality. 



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Evolving Threats to the U.S. Poultry Industry

Robert A. Norton Ph.D.
February 16, 2021

How strong is your food defense plan? The protection of your employees, your brand, and your bottom line is at stake.


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External, insider threats must remain top defense priorities for western food corporations

Robert A. Norton Ph.D.
August 4, 2017
The cold food industry must pay special attention to the evolving security requirements related to critical assets, starting first with limiting access to refrigeration plant areas.
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