The Institute provides information, management tools and specialist technical advice to assist the Federal and State Governments, the emergency services and organisations in Australia to enhance their management capabilities.  Such advice and assistance encourages a synergistic and dynamic relationship between the development and application of policy and strategic doctrine, critical analysis, management systems and operational procedures.

There is a pressing need to develop a national standard on organisational resilience.  Such a standard will provide a management framework for the planning and decision making needed to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a disruptive event. The Institute is assisting and enabling the development of such a standard, and aims to prepare guidelines and provide training on its proper application.

It is envisaged that the Institute will be commissioned by the public and private sectors and not-for-profit organisations to evaluate their existing systems and procedures, and to make recommendations based on international best practice on resilience.  Such evaluations will be objective, independent and balanced.

The Institute will provide an on-line library of reports, papers and key references on resilience and related subjects including crisis management, business continuity, corporate security, counter-terrorism, information management and assurance, human security, behavioural change and societal resilience.  A journal will be published by the Institute at least twice a year covering the key developments in national and community resilience in Australia.