Protecting Texas
for Texans
The Texas National Security Council is committed to protecting Texas for Texans through policies and partnerships that strengthen economic security, safeguard critical infrastructure, and defend against foreign and domestic threats.
What We Do
The Texas National Security Council addresses threats across eight critical domains from power grids and data systems to land ownership and local communities through targeted policy work and strategic partnerships. Our mission is to ensure that Texas remains secure, sovereign, and resilient in the face of both foreign adversaries and domestic vulnerabilities. By coordinating with elected officials, industry stakeholders, and civic organizations, the Council translates complex security challenges into practical policy action.
Our Approach
Policy. Partnerships. Protection.
The Texas National Security Council is not a lobbying firm or a political action committee. We are a public-interest organization focused on one outcome: a more secure Texas. We achieve that through three channels.
Policy Advocacy
Engaging lawmakers, agencies, and regulators to advance protective policy at the state and federal level, focused on outcomes, not party lines.
Strategic Partnerships
Building coalitions with industry leaders, security professionals, and civic organizations who share a stake in Texas' long-term resilience.
Community Engagement
Equipping Texans with the information and awareness they need to recognize and respond to threats in their own communities.
Why It Matters
Texas accounts for a disproportionate share of the nation's energy output, food production, and digital infrastructure. A disruption here is not a local problem, it is a national one. The Council's work is preventive, not reactive: we act before vulnerabilities become crises.
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What We Protect
Texas faces a distinct and growing set of threats across its most vital systems.
Texas' power grid, water systems, ports, and transportation networks form the backbone of daily life and economic activity. Foreign adversaries and domestic vulnerabilities alike can exploit gaps in aging or under-protected systems, threatening everything from hospital power to fuel distribution.
The Council advocates for resilience standards, secure investment screening, and interagency coordination to harden these systems against disruption. Our policy priorities focus on elevating protective standards before a crisis occurs, not in its aftermath.
Areas of Focus:
Power grid resilience and grid independence
Water system security and supply redundancy
Port and freight infrastructure protection
Transportation network continuity
Critical Infrastructure
Texas is home to some of the nation's largest data centers and most active digital infrastructure. Cyber intrusions, foreign surveillance operations, and inadequate data governance create real and growing risks to businesses, government systems, and individual Texans.
The Council supports robust cybersecurity standards, advocates for restrictions on foreign access to sensitive data infrastructure, and promotes transparency in how personal and government data is stored and protected. Effective digital defense requires both strong policy and sustained coordination across public and private sectors.
Areas of Focus:
Cybersecurity standards for state and local systems
Restrictions on foreign-owned data infrastructure
Protection of sensitive government and personal records
Digital threat intelligence coordination
Data & Digital Systems
Texas has the largest state economy in the continental United States, and that scale makes it a target. Foreign entities and outside influence campaigns have sought to acquire Texas companies, displace domestic workers, and gain leverage over key industries through investment, trade manipulation, and regulatory arbitrage.
The Council advocates for investment screening, domestic sourcing incentives, and policies that keep Texas-based industries competitive and resistant to hostile foreign acquisition or influence. Protecting economic sovereignty is inseparable from protecting Texas security.
Areas of Focus:
Screening of foreign investment in Texas industries
Protecting Texas jobs and domestic supply capacity
Safeguarding key sectors including energy, agriculture, and technology
Opposing economic coercion from foreign state actors
Economic Security
Texas produces more energy than any other state and that independence is both a strategic asset and a strategic target. Foreign adversaries, hostile investors, and market manipulation schemes have all sought footholds in Texas energy production and distribution, threatening the grid reliability and economic sovereignty Texans depend on.
The Council supports policies that preserve Texas control over energy production decisions, limit foreign ownership of energy assets, and ensure the ERCOT grid remains insulated from outside interference or sabotage. Energy independence is the foundation of Texas sovereignty.
Areas of Focus:
Foreign ownership restrictions on energy assets
Grid independence and ERCOT security
Protection of oil, gas, and renewable energy infrastructure
Emergency energy continuity planning
Energy Resources
Foreign acquisition of Texas land, particularly near military installations, power infrastructure, water systems, and transportation corridors, poses a direct threat to national and state security. In recent years, documented cases of foreign-government-linked entities purchasing land adjacent to sensitive Texas sites have drawn federal and state scrutiny.
The Council advocates for strong disclosure requirements, transaction review processes, and outright restrictions on foreign ownership of land within proximity of critical infrastructure and strategic sites across Texas.
Areas of Focus:
Restrictions on foreign land purchases near military and infrastructure sites
Transparent land transaction disclosure requirements
Agricultural land security and ownership tracking
Coordination with federal screening bodies on strategic asset protection
Land & Strategic Assets
Texas sits at the center of North American trade and logistics,but that position also makes the state vulnerable when global supply chains are disrupted, manipulated, or controlled by hostile actors. Dependence on foreign-sourced goods and single-point supply networks leaves Texas industries exposed to economic coercion and sudden shortages.
The Council supports policies that diversify supply sources, strengthen domestic and regional production capacity, and ensure Texas businesses and public institutions have secure, reliable access to the goods and materials they need.
Areas of Focus:
Supply chain diversification for critical goods and materials
Reducing dependence on foreign-controlled logistics networks
Domestic and near-shore sourcing incentives
Resilience planning for supply disruptions affecting Texas industries
Supply Chains
Texas is rapidly becoming a national center for AI research, advanced manufacturing, and next-generation industrial technology. That growth attracts not only investment and talent but also foreign surveillance, intellectual property theft, and attempts to acquire or influence technology companies with dual-use or defense-adjacent applications.
The Council advocates for policies that protect Texas-based research and innovation from foreign exploitation, including investment screening for technology companies, export controls on sensitive innovations, and support for domestic development of advanced manufacturing capabilities.
Areas of Focus:
Foreign investment screening in AI and advanced tech sectors
Intellectual property protection and anti-espionage policy
Support for domestic semiconductor and advanced manufacturing capacity
Safeguards for dual-use research and university technology programs
Emerging Technology
The threats the Council addresses are not abstract. They show up in the daily lives of Texans. When infrastructure is compromised, communities lose power and water. When foreign actors gain influence over local economies, jobs disappear. When digital systems are breached, personal information and public services are at risk.
The Council's work is ultimately about protecting the people of Texas, making sure that policy decisions account for the real-world safety, livelihoods, and wellbeing of communities across the state, from major metro areas to rural counties.
Areas of Focus:
Community-level infrastructure resilience and emergency preparedness
Local economic protection from foreign influence
Digital safety education and access to threat information
Connecting statewide policy priorities to local impact
Local Communities
Common Questions
Here are answers to questions we hear most from Texans, partners, and policymakers exploring the Council's work.
What kinds of threats does the Texas National Security Council actually address?
The Council addresses threats across eight domains: critical infrastructure, digital systems, economic security, energy resources, land and strategic assets, supply chains, emerging technology, and local communities. These threats come from both foreign state actors, including adversarial governments seeking to exploit Texas systems and domestic vulnerabilities such as aging infrastructure or inadequate security standards. In practice, that means responding to risks ranging from cyberattacks and foreign land purchases to supply chain disruptions and attempts to interfere with the ERCOT power grid.
Is the Council a government agency?
No. The Texas National Security Council is a public-interest civic organization, not a government agency. It operates independently, working through policy advocacy, original research, and strategic partnerships to inform elected officials, engage industry stakeholders, and mobilize informed citizens around security priorities. The Council has no regulatory or enforcement authority. Its influence comes from the quality of its analysis and the strength of its coalitions.
How does the Council's work affect everyday Texans?
The Council's policy work has direct consequences for the daily lives of Texans across every part of the state. Reliable power, secure jobs, protected personal data, and resilient local economies are all outcomes that depend on the kinds of policies the Council promotes. When foreign entities are screened out of critical infrastructure investments, when cybersecurity standards are strengthened, or when supply chains are diversified, Texans experience the benefits even when the policy mechanisms remain invisible to most people.
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