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The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) defines critical infrastructure sector in the US. Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21), [11] issued in February 2013 entitled Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience mandated an update to the NIPP. This revision of the plan established the following 16 critical infrastructure sectors:
The DoD identified a slightly different list of infrastructure sectors for those areas that specifically required protection by DoD. DoD's organizational structure for critical infrastructure protection reflects, complements, and effectively interacts with the national structure for CIP.
The 2007 High Priority Technical Needs Brochure [2] published by Homeland Security defines critical focus areas for Infrastructure and Geophysical research, falling primarily under the categories of "incident management": Integrated Modeling, Mapping and Simulation; Personnel Monitoring (Emergency Responder Locator System)
Arthur C. Clarke said in the "Sources" section of his novel, 3001: The Final Odyssey; "As the result of a series of Senate Hearings on Computer Security in June 1996, on 15 July 1996 President Clinton signed Executive Order 13010 to deal with 'computer-based attacks on the information or communications components that control critical infrastructures ("cyber threats").'
It added agriculture to the list of industries for critical infrastructure protection in December 2003. HSPD-7 replaces the 1998 Presidential Decision Directive 63 (PDD-63) that omitted agriculture and food. These directives designate the physical systems that are vulnerable to terrorist attack and are essential for the minimal operation of the ...
According to Homeland Security, critical infrastructure includes highways, major bridges, tunnels, railways, utilities and buildings "necessary to maintain normalcy in daily life."
The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily banned drone use over “critical infrastructure” sites in New York City until mid-January – just hours after the agency placed similar ...
The bill would direct the Secretary to coordinate with federal, state, and local governments, critical infrastructure owners and operators, and other cross-sector coordinating entities to: (1) facilitate a national effort to strengthen and maintain critical infrastructure from cyber threats; (2) ensure that United States Department of Homeland ...