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National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC): Meeting Agenda, January 8, 2003
The following are the Meeting notes for the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) on Wednesday, January 8, 2003. "The meeting was called to order and formally opened by Mr. Tritak in his role as the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) of the NIAC. Mr. Davidson thanked everyone and mentioned that he hoped the NIAC would reach agreement on the document to be sent to President Bush. The members debated adding 'additional regulation' to paragraph #3 in order to address concerns that were raised, and agreed that this simple change would be satisfactory. Also, the members agreed that the Federal government's purchasing power and market forces were strong enough to ensure that vendors did indeed use security testing and validation procedures for information security products that protect critical infrastructure owners' and operators' systems. As a result, the members agreed to delete the word 'mandatory' from that section. Next, the NIAC members discussed the need to include regulation to ensure interoperability requirements. Members expressed the view that use of regulation to force interoperability is difficult and presents a significant burden for small companies. The members decided to recommend that the Federal Government leverage its purchasing power to achieve these results, along with support of 'open standards' compliance in the procurement process."
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
Clarke, Richard A.; Davidson, Dick, 1942-; Tritak, John S.
2003-01-08
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National Infrastructure Advisory Council: Summary Slides for the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Strategic Assessment Study
This study examines the Sector Partnership Model for critical infrastructure protection to identify opportunities to strengthen public-private collaboration. It also assesses the effectiveness of the partnership model in achieving its stated objectives, identifies options to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the partnership, identifies opportunities to update the partnership model to respond to changing requirements, and seeks to strengthen executive level participation in the private sector. Please Note: This record has been imported to the HSDL as part of the LLIS Consolidation project and has not yet been reviewed by HSDL staff. Some information may be incomplete, missing, or inaccurate. For more information on the LLIS Consolidation project, please see here: [http://www.hsdl.org/?llis]
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
Berkeley, Alfred R., III; Gallegos, Gilbert G.; Grayson, Margaret E. . . .
2008-10-08?
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Catastrophic Power Outage Study [presentation]
"The Nation has made significant advancements in emergency response and recovery planning over the past decade in response to the growing occurrence of complex disasters. Given the interconnected nature of critical systems and networks, new broad-scale approaches are needed to adequately prepare for, respond to, and recover from catastrophic disasters that can create significant power outages with severe cascading impacts to multiple critical sectors. [...] The desired outcome of this study is a greater understanding of how the public and private sectors can work together to further enhance and integrate critical infrastructure resilience with response and recovery actions to mitigate the risks posed by catastrophic power outages."
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
2018-09-13
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Future Focus Study: Strengthening the NIAC Study Process
"In preparation for a new Administration, the NIAC [National Infrastructure Advisory Council] was asked to evaluate its prior work to identify ways it can improve its study process, develop more actionable recommendations, and identify potential topics that could be examined in future studies. Although NIAC studies are viewed as valuable and influential, the change in Administration provided an opportunity for the Council to evaluate its work and identify ways to be even more impactful in the future."
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
2017-05
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Surviving a Catastrophic Power Outage: How to Strengthen the Capabilities of the Nation
"The nation has steadily improved its ability to respond to major disasters and the power outages that often result. But increasing threats--whether severe natural disasters, cyber-physical attacks, electromagnetic events, or some combination--present new challenges for protecting the national power grid and recovering quickly from a catastrophic power outage. The President's National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) was tasked to examine the nation's ability to respond to and recover from a catastrophic power outage of a magnitude beyond modern experience, exceeding prior events in severity, scale, duration, and consequence. Simply put, how can the nation best prepare for and recover from a catastrophic power outage, regardless of the cause?"
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
2018-12
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Prioritization of Critical Infrastructure for a Pandemic Outbreak in the United States Working Group: Final Report and Recommendations by the Council
"Though its timing, severity, and ultimate strain remain a mystery, a pandemic promises to test the critical infrastructure of both the United States and the world. Public health officials have long maintained the potential for pandemic influenza is not a matter of if, but rather a matter of when. To avoid an economic and social catastrophe, pandemic preparedness demands full public- and private-sector participation. With that in mind, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff joined Secretary Leavitt in May 2006 to ask the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) to provide them and President Bush with recommendations regarding the prioritization and distribution of pandemic countermeasures to the essential workers in our nation's Critical Infrastructure and Key Resource (CI/KR) sectors. Given the scope and scale of a pandemic, the Federal government has repeatedly asserted it cannot handle all pandemic preparedness, response, and recovery efforts on its own. In their letter to the NIAC, the Secretaries highlighted the necessity for the public and private sectors to prepare for this serious threat. The Secretaries also emphasized their understanding that successful pandemic planning requires coordination across all CI/KR sectors."
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
Denlinger, Rebecca F.; Marsh, Martha H.; Bruce, Rohde A.
2007-01-16
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Risk Management Approaches to Protection: Final Report and Recommendations by the Council
From the Executive Summary: "Corporate America quantifies risks based on mathematical statistics, and for lesser known events, on probabilistic modeling. As both producers and consumers of abundant risk management data, corporations excel at analyzing the effects of threats and vulnerabilities that have been previously observed and for which abundant and well-controlled data is available. This private sector experience and expertise could be of use to the Federal government as it meets the current challenge of capturing an abundance of data across a nearly endless spectrum of plausible risks, and then assessing and managing that data in a timely and efficient manner. [...] This report will delineate three key findings, the first of which are the practices of risk quantification and modeling. Today, a substantial number of risk quantification models and methods exist. The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) focused on the models and methods that present the most applicability to critical infrastructure protection."
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
Marsh, Martha H.; Noonan, Thomas E.
2005-10-11
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Best Practices for Government to Enhance the Security of National Critical Infrastructures: Final Report and Recommendations by the Council
From the Executive Summary: "The tragic events of September 11, 2001, and the recent failure of the Northeast electrical grid on August 8, 2003, have highlighted how dependent our nation is on its critical infrastructure. The NIAC [National Infrastructure Advisory Council] has learned through these experiences how interconnected our infrastructure is, and how globally exposed the United States is to targeted attacks, recognizing how insufficiently prepared we are. Furthermore, the Council recognizes how much convergence there is between physical and information infrastructures. Therefore throughout this document, consider security as including both physical and cyber issues. For example, in August 2003 the Blaster worm temporarily halted CSX train operations nationwide. During the recent Northeast blackout, communication among electric system operators was hindered by the same worm, limiting the operators' ability to identify and repair problems in the grid. With malicious code now taking only minutes to infect vulnerable systems globally, and more vulnerabilities being detected daily, responses will have to be swift and effective in closing gaps and preventing local issues from becoming systemic. Public and private sector organizations are responding, both within their own institutions and across industry and sector boundaries, driven by the need to secure their own operations and protect business relations with customers and partners."
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
Katen, Karen
2004-04-13
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Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Events and the Critical Infrastructure Workforce: Final Report and Recommendations
From the Executive Summary: "The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) convened a Working Group to study the impact of chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) events on the critical infrastructure worker, and to make recommendations to the White House and the Department of Homeland Security that will strengthen our nation's ability to respond to a CBR event. The timing and methodology of such an event is difficult to predict, and estimates on its impact are wide-ranging. However, there are specific principles that, when effectively implemented, will improve our ability to identify, respond to, and recover from an attack on our critical infrastructure. The NIAC designed this report to identify attributes of different chemical, biological, or radiological event scenarios, identify key elements necessary to sustain critical infrastructure operations, and to make recommendations that will improve our ability to contain the impact, recover from its consequences, and restore the nation's critical infrastructure to a pre-event state."
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
Denlinger, Rebecca F.; Marsh, Martha H.; Bruce, Rohde A.
2008-01-08
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Implementation of EO 13636 and PPD-21: Final Report and Recommendations
From the Introduction: "On February 12, 2013, the President signed EO [Executive Order] 13636 and PPD-21, effecting changes throughout the critical infrastructure security and resilience (CISR) mission. The two documents were released concurrently in order to allow for a comprehensive approach to security and risk management, as well as to link cyber resilience and security to physical asset security and resilience. Goals of EO 13636 included the development of a voluntary cybersecurity network; encouraging the adoption of enhanced cybersecurity practices through promotion and incentives; increasing the volume, timeliness, and quality of information sharing; ensuring privacy and civil liberties are protected with regard to enhanced cybersecurity; and exploring existing cybersecurity regulations for possible inclusion in the framework. PPD-21 [Presidential Policy Directive 21] -- which replaces Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 -- requires the development of near-real-time situational awareness of the status of physical and cyber infrastructure assets; exploration of the cascading impacts of critical infrastructure failures; evaluation of how to further develop the partnership between all levels of government and private sector owners and operators; the development of a comprehensive research and development plan; and the updating of the NIPP [National Infrastructure Protection Plan]."
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
Kepler, David E.; Heasley, Philip G.
2013-11-21
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Sector Partnership Model Implementation: Final Report and Recommendations by the Council
From the Executive Summary: "Integrated partnerships between Federal, State, and local governments and the private sector must be established in order to accomplish effective planning and preparedness as well as timely response and recovery to terrorist attacks and natural disasters. Any attack or major natural disaster affecting the 17 critical infrastructures and key resources (CI/KR) would greatly disrupt our nation's way of life and have a rippling effect throughout the country. The homeland security goals to avoid and respond to such events are set forth in Homeland Security Presidential Directives 5, 7, 8 and 9 and, if they are to be achievable, require an inclusive partnership framework. The Sector Partnership Model intends to establish the framework for an unprecedented level of public-private cooperation necessary to secure these assets. The model has its foundation in previous National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) recommendations. In April 2003, the NIAC examined the topic of how to coordinate crisis event management among the critical infrastructures. The NIAC concluded that cross-sector protection, response and crisis planning and management coordination is fundamental to the rapid restoration of critical infrastructures. These findings and recommendations were a foundation for the Sector Partnership Model."
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
McGuinn, Martin G.; Ware, Marilyn
2005-10-11
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Workforce Preparation, Education, and Research: Final Report and Recommendations by the Council
From the Executive Summary: "During the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) meeting on July 13, 2004, President George W. Bush asked the Council to address the question: 'How do we ensure adequate development of intellectual capital to protect critical American information infrastructure and infrastructure concepts?' The question remains timely, as reports in several news outlets including 'The Wall Street Journal' show that China and India graduate five times as many engineers as does the United States. Other recent reports have ranked eighth graders as 19th in the world in math. How can the United States protect its critical infrastructure if the institutions educating the country's workforce are not producing enough Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) graduates to support the growing demand for technologically proficient workers?"
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
Berkeley, Alfred R., III; Rose, Linwood H.
2006-04-11
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Cyber Scoping Study Working Group [presentation]
From the Executive Summary: "[1] Council was tasked to scope a study on cyber risks in critical infrastructure. [2] After interviews with senior leaders, classified briefings, and in-depth analysis of recent cyber studies, the Working Group concludes: [a] Cyber risks to critical infrastructure are severe and urgent action is needed. [b] The path we are on will not get us to where we need to be. [c] The Nation needs a radically new approach for securing public and private cyber systems. [d] NIAC [National Infrastructure Advisory Council] is the most appropriate body to build a new public-private model for achieving national cybersecurity, including a plan for rapid implementation, and present it to the President for approval. [3] We recommend that the Council request that the President direct NIAC to develop a broad and compelling public-private approach to secure the nation's critical cyber assets."
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
2017-02-16
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National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC): Regional Resilience Working Group [presentation]
This presentation from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council focuses on regional resilience. Topics covered in the presentation include: Definition of Regional Resilience, Study Objectives, Best Practices, Process Improvements, Federal Role,Preliminary Approach, Next Steps, and Questions for the Administration.
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.)
Scott, Beverly; Lau, Constance H.
2012-07-17
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Transportation Sector Resilience: Final Report and Recommendations [2015]
From the Executive Summary: "The Nation's transportation system is crucial to the U.S. economy and the overall quality of life for Americans from all walks of life. In today's increasingly complex and connected society, every critical infrastructure sector depends on a resilient transportation system that is safe, secure, reliable and efficient in the movement of people and goods; without it, most critical services cease to function. In recognition of this important role, the President directed the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) to examine the resilience of the Nation's transportation sector to determine potential gaps and identify opportunities for the Federal Government to improve the sector's resilience and security. Throughout this study, infrastructure resilience is defined as the ability to reduce the magnitude or duration of disruptive events that is accomplished by anticipating, absorbing, adapting to, or rapidly recovering from the disruption. In simplest terms, resilient systems can maintain critical functions during a disruption and require less time and fewer resources to recover functions that have degraded."
National Infrastructure Advisory Council (U.S.); United States. Department of Homeland Security
Baylis, Jack; Gerstell, Glenn S.; Scott, Beverly . . .
2015-07-10
