The international journal of critical infrastructure protection ijcip was launched in 2008, with the primary aim of publishing scholarly papers of the highest quality in all areas of critical infrastructure protection. A guide for congress jena baker mcneill and richard weitz, ph. The nipp provides an overall framework for programs and activities that are currently underway in the various. Requirements and challenges for the 21st century, in international journal of critical infrastructure protection ijcip, vol. As part of the national infrastructure protection plan, the public and private sector partners in each of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors and the state, local, tribal, and territorial government community have developed a sectorspecific plan that focuses on the unique operating conditions and risk landscape within that sector. The nipp lays out the plan for setting requirements for infrastructure protection, which will help ensure our government, economy, and public services continue in the event. To implement the tasks from the scope of ci protection, the ci system coordinator may exercise the powers conferred on him on the basis of separate provisions. Identify public and private sector resources that meet the definition of critical infrastructure.
For example, dhs officials annually prioritize the most critical. What qualifies as critical infrastructure is defined locally, but generally refers to infrastructure that is necessary to providing vital community and individual functions. Protecting and ensuring the continuity of the critical infrastructure and key resources cikr of the. Texas homeland security strategic plan hssp ict leadership response capability infrastructure subject matter expertise infrastructure liaison officer program. However, the national infrastructure protection plan. Alaska essential services and critical workforce infrastructure order formerly attachment a amended april 10, 2020 ver. It relects changes in the critical infrastructure risk, policy, and oper ating environments and is informed by the need to integrate the cyber, physical, and human elements of critical infrastructure. As the lead authority on critical infrastructure protection, the department of homeland security has used the national infrastructure protection plan nipp as its planning document for critical infrastructure protection.
The national infrastructure protection plan nipp provides a coordinated approach to critical infrastructure and key resource protection roles and responsibilities for federal, state, local, tribal, and private sector security partners. Critical operators need to incorporate into their plans the measures of the vigipirate plan that concern them. In 2004, the commission issued a communication on critical infrastructure protection in the fight against terrorism. Risk assessment methodologies for critical infrastructure protection. The homeland security act of 2002 gave dhs responsibility for leading and coordinating the nations effort to protect critical infrastructure and key resources cikr. National infrastructure protection plan homeland security. Critical infrastructure protection committee cipc operating committee oc personnel certification governance committee pcgc planning committee pc reliability issues steering committee risc reliability and security technical committee rstc standards committee sc other. These changes could have significant implications for. These concepts represent the pillars of our national infrastructure protection plan nipp and its 18 sup porting sectorspeciic plans ssps. Page 2 of 5 the public, including, but not limited to, when any customers are standing in line. For example, critical infrastructure that has long been subject to risks associated with physical threats and natural disasters is now increasingly exposed to cyber. Washington infrastructure protection plan introduction critical infrastructure and key resources cikr owned and operated by the public and private sectors support the delivery of critical essential services. A guide to a critical infrastructure security and resilience.
Food and agriculture sectorspecific plan 2015 open pdf 2 mb protecting the nations food and agricultural critical infrastructure is an important responsibility shared by federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and private sector partners. Background, policy, and implementation congressional research service 2 federal critical infrastructure protection policy. Washington infrastructure protection plan introduction critical infrastructure and key resources cikr owned and operated by the public and private sectors support the delivery of criticalessential services. The national infrastructure protection plan nipp provides the unifying structure for the integration of critical infrastructure and key resources cikr protection into a single national program. Region 6 critical infrastructure protection plan page iv the cip work groups mission is to identify critical infrastructure in the region, establish priorities, and provide appropriate resources to protect those assets. Specifically, mackin, darken, and lewis describe critical node analysis as a means to determine the criticality of infrastructure components, i.
Critical infrastructure protection is an important resource for researchers, faculty members and graduate students, as well as for policy makers, practitioners and other. The purpose of the nipp is to build a safer, more secure, and more resilient america by enhancing protection of the nations cikr. Port and transit security groups, critical infrastructure sector coordinating councils, and various publicprivate partnerships at the state, regional, and local levels. Leveraging dps and dhs resources texas department of public safety. The overarching goal of the national infrastructure protection plan nipp is to.
Programme for critical infrastructure protection epcip, also stresses the importance. The national infrastructure protection plans critical infrastructure risk management framework 9 figure 2. The national plan for research and development in support. International journal of critical infrastructure protection. As stated in the national infrastructure protection plan nipp nipp 20. The challenge of protecting critical infrastructure. National strategy for the physical protection of critical. National strategy for the physical protection of critical infrastructures and key assets open pdf 1 mb. National infrastructure protection plan, executive summary. The above linked webpage also includes a link to download a copy of the plan in its entirety. There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof. Plan 2 the statement and plan both aim to complement existing industry business continuity plans of owners and operators, and state and territory government plans and arrangements. A critical infrastructure protection plan is a strategy to make critical infrastructure more resilient. The national infrastructure protection plan nipp, written and developed by the department of homeland security dhs with input from stakeholders, outlines, how government and private sectors should work together to manage risk and achieve.
The paper also discusses some of the challenging areas related to critical infrastructure protection such as governance and security management, secure network architectures, selfhealing. According to the department of homeland security dhs, there are thousands of facilities in the united states that if destroyed by a disaster could cause casualties, economic losses, or disruptions to national security. Joint national priorities for critical infrastructure. The plans are carried out in practice by an integrated network of. Critical infrastructure protection cip is the need to protect a regions vital infrastructures such as food and agriculture or transportation. Department of homeland national infrastructure protection plan 2006. Build a safer, more secure, and more resilient america by enhancing protection of the nations cikr to prevent, deter, neutralize, or mitigate the effects of deliberate efforts by terrorists to destroy, incapacitate, or exploit them.
Critical infrastructure protection cip plan to protect critical assets that are vital to the current way of life in the region. Pdf critical infrastructures play a vital role in supporting modern society. How to fix critical infrastructure protection plans. The national infrastructure protection plan nipp sets forth a comprehensive risk management framework and clearly defines critical infrastructure protection. The critical infrastructure protection system has been set up to facilitate application of the vigipirate plan by involving the operators concerned in all efforts bearing on vigilance, prevention and protection against terrorism. The state and nature of infrastructure is likely to change over the next several decades. Critical infrastructure protection plan king county. Guidance for this plan is derived from the national strategy for the physical protection of critical infrastructures and key assets and. From energy organizations to transportation companies, it is paramount that security in all critical infrastructure sectors is of the highest standard and that disaster preparedness, response and recovery are top priorities. Critical infrastructure longterm trends and drivers and their implications for emergency management.
According to the critical infrastructure assurance offices ciao national plan for information systems protection, the threat is that a group or nation hostile to the united states will seek to inflict economic damage, disruption and death, and degradation of our defense response by attacking our critical infrastructure. On april 2, 2020, the government released guidance on essential services and functions in canada during the covid19 pandemic. Highways, bridges, power plants, and cyber networks are all part of the national infrastructure which is essential for the daily functioning of american society. Critical infrastructure protection needs to be understood as not only deploying a tougher exoskeleton, but also developing organizational antibodies of reliability that enable society and its constituent parts to be more resilient and robust in the face of new, dynamic, and uncertain threats. The national infrastructure protection plans critical. Protect our citizens, residents, visitors, and assets against the greatest threats. Critical infrastructure protection planning for hazards. This is essential to the states security, public health and safety, economic vitality and way of life. The national infrastructure protection plan nipp 20 provides a unifying framework that integrates a range of efforts designed to enhance the safety of our nations critical infrastructure. National infrastructure protection plan protecting and ensuring the continuity of the critical infrastructure and key resources cikr of the united states is essential to the nations security, public health and safety, economic vitality, and way. Rand addresses homeland security and critical infrastructure needs through objective research that assists national, state, and local agencies in preventing and mitigating terrorist activities.
The cip work group will coordinate with other homeland security regions to assist owneroperators in effectively. The action plan is the blueprint for how the strategy will be implemented to enhance the resiliency of canadas critical infrastructure. The critical infrastructure protection divisions cip focus is to better protect, secure, and reduce vulnerabilities to the states critical infrastructure assets using riskbased methodologies, vulnerability and security assessments, and information sharing practices and tools among the 16 dhsidentified critical infrastructure sectors. In brief as discussed further below, a number of federal executive documents and federal legislation lay out a basic policy and strategy for protecting the nations critical infrastructure. Three elements of homeland security risks related to infrastructure protection 9 figure 3. Requirements and challenges for the 21st century article pdf available in international journal of critical infrastructure protection 8. National infrastructure protection plan overview brochure. Critical infrastructure sectors and their sectorspecific agencies as defined in presidential policy directive21 and the 20 national. The critical infrastructure protection plan includes the following. The national infrastructure protection plan nipp provides the unifying structure for the. The nipp lays out the plan for setting requirements for infrastructure protection, which will help ensure our government, economy, and public services continue in the event of a terrorist attack or other disaster.
Partnering for critical infrastructure security and resilience outlines how government and private sector participants in the critical infrastructure community work together to manage. A guide to a critical infrastructure security and resilience cisa. The national strategy for the physical protection of critical infrastructure and key assets establishes a foundation for building and fostering the cooperative environment in which government, industry, and private citizens can carry out their respective protection responsibilities more. The national infrastructure protection plan s critical infrastructure risk management framework 9 figure 2. A nation in which physical and cyber critical infrastructure remain secure and resilient, with vulnerabilities reduced, consequences minimized, threats identified and disrupted, and. This plan presents approaches to ensure there are adequate priorities, communications, methods, and resources to protect these vital assets from all hazards natural. Determine thresholds for each sector that define when a particular asset is considered critical. Critical infrastructure protection dhs action needed to enhance integration and. The national critical infrastructure protection programme.
Of particular interest are articles that weave science, technology, law and policy to craft sophisticated yet practical. National infrastructure protection plan without appendices. Presidential decision directive 63 is the culmination of an intense, interagency effort to evaluate those recommendations and produce a workable and innovative framework for critical infrastructure protection. For purposes of this order, essential services and critical infrastructure industries and.
Every nation has an obligation to protect essential government, financial, energy, transportation, and other critical infrastructure operations against terrorist activities and natural disasters. This san diego operational area oa critical infrastructure protection cip plan was initiated to establish a cipp framework within the san diego oa. National infrastructure protection plan nipp in 2006, to provide the. National infrastructure protection plan since 2009, is now accompanied by the recent approval in spain of act 82011. Netherlands report on critical infrastructure protection. This guidance supports critical infrastructure employers in identifying and managing their workforce, while fostering alignment and harmonization across sectors. For this reason, the commission has long been engaged in supporting the protection of critical infrastructure from all kind of threats, be it natural or manmade disaster or terrorist attacks. Critical infrastructure vulnerability assessment tools and methods offered by sectorspecific agencies ssa or. Lessons from the us national infrastructure protection plan nipp. Risk assessment methodologies for critical infrastructure. Critical infrastructure includes all public or private assets, systems, and functions vital to the security, governance, public health and safety, economy, or morale of the state or the nation.
Included is the presidents policy, and the new structure to deal with this important challenge. Joint national priorities for critical infrastructure security and resilience dhs office of infrastructure protection below is a description of the five joint national priorities. The national infrastructure protection plan nipp nipp 20. Requirements and challenges for the 21st century, in international journal of critical.
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