Chris Dietz
- Critical Infrastructure Analyst
- Idaho National Laboratory
Chris Dietz is a critical infrastructure analyst and researcher with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where he specializes in the application of systems theory, dependency analysis, and critical infrastructure resilience. During his tenure with INL, he has worked extensively with federal, state, and local stakeholders as well as industry partners to drive critical infrastructure resilience at both regional and national levels. Prior to his tenure with INL, Chris served in local government as a city planner in eastern Missouri, where he supported both long-term and near-term planning initiatives. He holds a Master’s Degree in Infrastructure Planning and Management from the University of Washington where he focused on energy-centric resilience through interdependence modeling and holds a Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning from Missouri State University. Chris maintains certification through the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and is an active member in the American Planning Association.
Sessions
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Emerging Threats against CI and Critical Entities
Polycrisis: Maintaining Critical Infrastructure Resilience Against Simultaneous Threats
This session looks at the latest and emerging threats, such as terrorism, insider threats, climate-related events, cyberattacks and emerging AI-enabled risks and how the threat environment is evolving, creating the conditions for a polycrisis: multiple concurrent or cascading crises whose combined impacts exceed those of individual events. Understanding such threats helps strengthen intelligence-led preparedness, resilience and response capabilities.