--- title: "Civil resilience: specialized fields | Nexus Observatory" description: "Specialized fields for critical infrastructure and civil resilience: Asset condition and ground movement, Security of the observing sites themselves…" url: https://observatory.global/industries/resilience/fields/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Civil resilience](https://observatory.global/industries/resilience/) / **Specialized fields** # Civil resilience, field by field. Civil resilience depends on fields that rarely meet: the security of unstaffed critical sites, the time every network runs on, backup power that must start when the grid fails, and observing in the North where the ground itself is changing. Each field below has its own rules, stack, radio, power and crew work, from the first order to the running operation. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) [Use cases](https://observatory.global/industries/resilience/use-cases/) [Open the explainer](https://observatory.global/industries/resilience/explainer/) **01** Specialized fields ## Choose the field you work in. Each field page sets out the operating context and hazards, what must be measured and under which rules, the stack from base unit to network, the work from order to operation, the data products and the cited sources. [Specialized field Critical site securityPerimeter, intrusion and operational-technology monitoring for substations, pumping stations and other unstaffed critical sites, so operators see a threat to the site and its control systems at once.The full field →](https://observatory.global/industries/resilience/site-security/) [Specialized field Timing integrityTime references with holdover and monitoring for grids, telecom and finance, so a country's critical systems keep accurate time when satellite signals are jammed, spoofed or lost.The full field →](https://observatory.global/industries/resilience/timing-integrity/) [Specialized field Backup power at critical sitesGenerators, fuel, batteries and transfer switches at hospitals, water plants and telecom hubs, monitored and tested so backup power starts when the grid fails.The full field →](https://observatory.global/industries/resilience/backup-power/) [Specialized field Northern and Arctic observingWeather, permafrost, ground movement and river and lake ice stations for northern civil authorities, built for polar night, deep cold and satellite-only backhaul.The full field →](https://observatory.global/industries/resilience/arctic-observing/) **02** Solution bundles ## Start with one unit. 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