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• Healthcare and Public Health Sector-Specific Plan [May 2016]

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  "This Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector-Specific Plan (SSP) is designed to guide the Sector's internal and collaborative, cross-sector efforts to enhance the security and resilience of HPH critical infrastructure to all-hazards across its physical, cyber, and human dimensions. The SSP tailors the strategic guidance provided in the National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2013 (NIPP 2013) to the unique operating conditions and risk landscape of the vast and complex HPH Sector."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Health and Human Services

  2016-05
• Information Technology Sector-Specific Plan 2016: An Annex to the NIPP 2013

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  "The Information Technology (IT) Sector produces and provides high-assurance IT products and services for governments, critical infrastructure sectors, commercial businesses, and private citizens around the globe. Government and industry partnership is critical to creating a continuous risk reduction system across a Sector as large and diverse as the IT Sector. To meet these challenges, effective collaboration among public and private sector partners is imperative to ensure the protection and resilience of IT Sector functions upon which the Sector and Nation depend. With critical infrastructure protection being the primary concern, the IT Sector's vision is 'to achieve a sustained reduction in the impact of incidents on the Sector's critical functions.' Many critical infrastructure Sectors are primarily composed of finite and easily identifiable physical assets. Unlike some other Sectors, the IT Sector is a functions-based Sector that comprises not only physical assets, but also virtual systems and networks that enable key capabilities and services in both the public and private sectors. Six critical functions support the Sector's ability to produce and provide highassurance IT products and services for various Sectors. These functions are required to maintain or reconstitute networks (e.g., the Internet, local networks, and wide area networks) and their associated services."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2016
• Dams Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the NIPP 2013

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  In the context of this report, NIPP stands for National Infrastructure Protection Plan. From the Executive Summary: "The Dams Sector delivers critical water retention and control services in the United States, including hydroelectric power generation, municipal and industrial water supplies, agricultural irrigation, sediment and flood control, river navigation for inland bulk shipping, industrial waste management, and recreation. Its key services support multiple critical infrastructure sectors and industries. Dams Sector assets irrigate at least 10 percent of U.S. cropland, help protect more than 43 percent of the U.S. population from flooding, and generate about 60 percent of electricity in the Pacific Northwest. The Dams Sector's significant economic and public safety benefits are countered by the magnitude of potential consequences associated with the failure, damage, or disruption of critical assets. […] Sector assets include dam projects, hydropower plants, navigation locks, levees, dikes, hurricane barriers, mine tailings, and other industrial waste impoundments. A large and diverse set of public and private entities own and operate these facilities under highly distributed regulatory oversight from Federal, State, and local entities. The National Inventory of Dams lists more than 87,000 dams, of which the private sector owns about 65 percent and State or local entities own about 31 percent. Individual State dam safety programs permit, inspect, and regulate about 80 percent of U.S. dams. The Federal Government owns and self-regulates only 4 percent of dams, yet these dams account for 80 percent of the largest and highest-consequence U.S. dams. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers oversees all navigation locks and about 10 percent of U.S. levees."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2015
• Energy Sector-Specific Plan 2015

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  "The 2015 Energy Sector-Specific Plan (SSP) was developed in accordance with the 'NIPP [National Infrastructure Protection Plan] 2013: Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience', which guides the national effort to manage risk to the Nation's critical infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), as the Sector-Specific Agency (SSA) for the Energy Sector, led the development of the 2015 Energy SSP in close collaboration with its sector partners. A myriad of Energy Sector partners exist in both private and public sectors in the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC) framework, under which the Electricity and Oil and Natural Gas Subsector Coordinating Councils (SCCs) and the Energy Government Coordinating Council (GCC) operate. Energy Sector partners have developed a valuable and increasingly trusted partnership in the past decade, which has been the cornerstone of the Nation's integrated risk management approach to critical infrastructure security and resilience. The Energy Sector is characterized by widely-diverse infrastructure components, a multifaceted operational environment, and complex ownership and regulatory structures. Further, the Energy Sector provides one of the key lifeline-functions upon which all other critical infrastructure sectors rely--the Nation's security and economy depend on it. In turn, the Energy Sector depends on many other critical infrastructure sectors, such as transportation, information technology (IT), communications, water, and financial services. In addition, the sector faces evolving threats and risks, such as natural disaster events, cyber and physical security threats, aging/failing infrastructure, and the potential shortage of a skilled workforce."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2015
• Chemical Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the NIPP 2013

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  In the context of this report, NIPP stands for National Infrastructure Protection Plan. From the Executive Summary: "The Chemical Sector converts raw materials into more than 70,000 diverse products and is a major component of the U.S. economy, contributing approximately 25 percent of the Nation's gross domestic product (GDP). The Chemical Sector employs nearly 800,000 workers who manufacture, store, and transport chemicals to customers in multiple critical infrastructure sectors. About 96 percent of U.S. goods in 2013 were manufactured using Chemical Sector products, making uninterrupted chemical production and transportation essential for national and economic security. […] The majority of chemical manufacturing, transportation, storage, and warehousing facilities are privately owned and operated. Because of their potential health and safety hazards, chemicals must be carefully managed from manufacturing to end use in research, pharmaceutical, agricultural, petrochemical, and water treatment applications, to name a few. With facilities, suppliers, and end users located around the globe, Chemical Sector operations are vulnerable to a variety of disruptions stemming from natural disasters, extreme weather, cyberattacks, biohazards, and pandemics. Local or regional disruptions to critical suppliers can cause cascading disruptions across geographic regions and in multiple industries. Owners and operators should secure their products from theft and diversion for use in chemical or explosive weapons. The Chemical Sector now faces increasingly sophisticated cyber adversaries and a growing concern among operators of insider threats. Owners and operators also find it difficult to accurately characterize the likelihood of known threats to a specific facility, making it difficult to prioritize security measures."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2015
• Communications Sector-Specific Plan 2015: An Annex to the NIPP 2013

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  "This Communications Sector-Specific Plan (CSSP) is an update to the sector's 2010 Sector-Specific Plan (SSP) in accordance with the 'National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2013: Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience' (NIPP 2013). The NIPP 2013 establishes a set of broad critical infrastructure security and resilience national goals, which the sector-specific priorities and planned activities outlined in this CSSP support. This update tailors the strategic guidance provided in the NIPP 2013 to the unique operating conditions and risk landscape of the Communications Sector."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2015
• Critical Manufacturing Sector-Specific Plan 2015: An Annex to the NIPP 2013

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  "The Critical Manufacturing Sector includes the manufacturing industries that are the most crucial for the continuity of other critical sectors and have significant national economic implications. Manufacturers in the sector process raw materials and primary metals; produce engines, turbines, and power transmission equipment; produce electrical equipment and components; and manufacture cars, trucks, commercial ships, aircraft, rail cars, and their supporting components. A failure or disruption in the Critical Manufacturing Sector could result in cascading disruptions to other critical infrastructure sectors in multiple regions."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2015
• Financial Services Sector-Specific Plan 2015

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  "The security and resilience of the Financial Services Sector depends on close collaboration among a broad set of partners, including Financial Services Sector companies; sector trade associations; Federal government agencies; financial regulators; State, local, tribal, and territorial governments; and other government and private sector partners in the U.S. and around the world. These partners seek to reduce the physical and cybersecurity risks that take many forms but, particularly in the case of cybersecurity threats, are becoming increasingly pressing. Responding to a broad set of risks in a complex environment requires a shared and flexible strategic framework to inform decision-making among individual stakeholders, each of whom maintains their own distinct approach to risk management. The 2015 SSP provides an overview of the sector and the risk it faces, establishes a strategic framework that serves as a guide for prioritizing the sector's day-to-day work, and describes the key mechanisms through which the strategic framework is implemented and assessed."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of the Treasury

  2015
• Food and Agriculture Sector-Specific Plan 2015

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  "Protecting the Nation's food and agricultural critical infrastructure is an important responsibility shared by Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial governments and private sector partners. Interruption of operations within the sector could have a potentially devastating impact on the Nation's public health and economy. The security and resilience of infrastructure in the Food and Agriculture (FA) Sector requires all sector partners to undertake a number of integrated processes and procedures. As such, the FA Sector has developed a new set of sector priorities in this updated 2015 SSP [Sector-Specific Plan] that will help guide security and resilience efforts, inform partner decisions, reflect activities to enhance security and resilience, and improve risk management practices over the next four years. The achievement of the corresponding FA Sector goals will not only enhance security and resilience in the sector, but will also help measure the progress towards the NIPP [National Infrastructure Protection Plan] 2013 goals, the JNP1 [Joint National Priorities for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience], and the National Preparedness Goal."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Food and Drug Administration; United States. Department of Agriculture

  2015
• Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste Sector-Specific Plan 2015: An Annex to the NIPP 2013

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  "Nuclear power reactors generate 20 percent of U.S. electricity, while more than 20,000 licensees use nuclear materials in diagnosis and and medical therapy--an estimated 20 million medical procedures each year in science and biomedical research--for irradiation of food and medical products, and during construction and oil exploration. Accidents, failures, or disruptions in the Nuclear Sector could have severe human health and safety consequences and cascading effects on critical infrastructure sectors that rely on nuclear power or nuclear medicine and industrial uses. Uniquely hazardous characteristics make Nuclear Sector assets the most highly regulated and heavily guarded of all civilian infrastructure."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2015
• Water and Wastewater Systems Sector-Specific Plan 2015

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  "Drinking water and wastewater treatment are essential to modern life and the Nation's economy. Therefore, it is critical that we enhance the security and resilience of the Nation's drinking water and wastewater infrastructures, collectively known as the 'Water and Wastewater Sector' (Sector). The purpose of this 2015 Water and Wastewater Sector-Specific Plan (Water SSP) is to guide and integrate the efforts intended to secure and strengthen the resilience of the Sector's infrastructure. This Water SSP tailors the strategic guidance provided in the 'National Infrastructure Protection Plan' (NIPP) 2013 to the unique operating conditions and risk landscape of the Sector."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2015
• State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Government Coordinating Council Sector-Specific Plan Annex to the NIPP 2013

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  "The State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Government Coordinating Council (SLTTGCC, Council) is a national cross-sector council under the National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2013 (NIPP 2013) partnership structure. Since its designation in 2007 by the Federal Government, the Council has served as the organizational structure to voluntarily coordinate across jurisdictions and disciplines to provide senior-level strategic communications and coordination on State, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) agency security and resilience initiatives, activities, and best practices. This 2015 SLTTGCC Annex to the NIPP 2013 describes SLTT critical infrastructure assets and risks, partnership activities for security and resilience, and Council goals and priorities to guide the community's critical infrastructure efforts over the next four years. The Council's goals and priorities closely align with the NIPP 2013, 2014 Joint National Priorities for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, and Executive Order 13636: Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. SLTT critical infrastructure programs are actively implementing a partnership approach to security and resilience; sharing information across the critical infrastructure community; and ensuring coordinated, comprehensive risk management."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2015
• Transportation Systems Sector-Specific Plan 2015

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  "The purpose of the 2015 Transportation Systems Sector-Specific Plan (TS SSP) is to guide and integrate efforts to secure and strengthen the resilience of transportation infrastructure and to describe how the Transportation Systems Sector (hereafter referred to as the Sector) contributes to the overall security and resilience of the Nation's critical infrastructure, as set forth in Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21), 'Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience'. The TS SSP tailors the strategic guidance provided in the National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2013, 'Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience' (NIPP 2013), to the unique operating conditions and risk landscape of the Nation's varied transportation systems. The TS SSP represents a collaborative effort among Federal departments and agencies; State, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments; non-governmental organizations; and public and private critical infrastructure owners and operators to achieve shared goals and priorities to reduce critical infrastructure risks. It also reflects the maturation of the Sector partnership and the progress made by the Sector since the 2010 TS SSP to address evolving risks as well as operating and policy environments. This Plan describes an approach to manage security and resilience efforts while enhancing the efficient use of the capabilities and resources of the Sector's government and industry partners. Transportation systems encompass diverse and interconnected networks of fixed and mobile assets that provide essential services for the Nation's livelihood and economic prosperity."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Transportation

  2015
• Commercial Facilities Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the NIPP 2013

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  In the context of this report, NIPP stands for National Infrastructure Protection Plan. From the Executive Summary: "The Commercial Facilities (CF) Sector is made up of an extremely diverse range of sites and assets where large numbers of people congregate daily to conduct business, purchase retail products, and enjoy recreational events and accommodations. Given the national and international visibility and potential human and economic consequences associated with commercial facilities, it is important for the Federal Government and the CF Sector to work together to ensure the protection of our Nation's prominent business centers and gathering places. The majority of CF Sector facilities are privately owned, operate with minimal regulations, and house the business activities and commercial transactions that dominate the U.S. economy. The sector is divided into eight subsectors-Entertainment and Media, Gaming, Lodging, Outdoor Events, Public Assembly, Real Estate, Retail, and Sports Leagues-to facilitate coordination among facilities with similar functions, operations, and security issues. The Retail Subsector is further divided into two councils: the Shopping Center Subsector Council, which includes mall developers, and the Council of Retailers, which includes stores within malls and standalone retail establishments. While diverse, CF stakeholders, facing common existing and developing risks, must balance security priorities with their need for open access, public confidence, and economic vitality. Natural disasters, armed attacker and terrorist threats, pandemics, theft, supply chain, and geopolitical disruptions are persistent risks to the CF Sector. Risks associated with cyberattacks continue to grow, as CF Sector reliance on cyber systems, such as for online financial transactions and building management, rises. The use of social media has facilitated increasingly coordinated protest activities and has also allowed terrorist organizations to solicit support."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2015
• Emergency Services Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the NIPP 2013

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  In the context of this report, NIPP stands for National Infrastructure Protection Plan. From the Executive Summary: "The Emergency Services Sector (ESS) includes a diverse array of disciplines and capabilities that enables a wide range of prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery services to serve and protect the Nation's critical infrastructure as well as the American public. As its operations provide the first line of defense for nearly all critical infrastructure sectors, a failure or disruption in the ESS could result in significant harm or loss of life, major public health issues, long term economic loss, and cascading disruptions to other critical infrastructure. […] The majority of ESS operations are organized, staffed, and managed at the State, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) level and are therefore highly geographically distributed. The sector's personnel-encompassing law enforcement, fire and rescue services, emergency medical services, emergency management, and public works disciplines-are its most critical assets. With the mission to prepare for and respond to a wide variety of emergencies, the ESS is vulnerable to the same risks those emergencies present to other critical infrastructure. The sector's diversity in organization, mission, and assets makes disabling the entire emergency services system difficult. However, damage or disruption to ESS components can dramatically impede the protection of the public, other critical infrastructure sectors, and disciplines internal to the sector. Given the critical mission of the ESS, risks to its operations and functions could prove disastrous to the safety and morale of the public, the protection of other critical infrastructure sectors, and the safety of its own disciplines. Significant risks to the sector derive from cyberattacks or disruptions; natural disasters and extreme weather; violent extremist and terrorist attacks; and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2015
• NIPP 2013: Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

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  "Our national well-being relies upon secure and resilient critical infrastructure--those assets, systems, and networks that underpin American society. To achieve this security and resilience, critical infrastructure partners must collectively identify priorities, articulate clear goals, mitigate risk, measure progress, and adapt based on feedback and the changing environment. 'NIPP [National Infrastructure Protection Plan] 2013: Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience' (hereafter referred to as the 'National Plan'), guides the national effort to manage risk to the Nation's critical infrastructure. The community involved in managing risks to critical infrastructure is wide-ranging, composed of partnerships among owners and operators; Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial governments; regional entities; non-profit organizations; and academia. Managing the risks from significant threat and hazards to physical and cyber critical infrastructure requires an integrated approach across this diverse community to: [1] Identify, deter, detect, disrupt, and prepare for threats and hazards to the Nation's critical infrastructure; [2] Reduce vulnerabilities of critical assets, systems, and networks; and [3] Mitigate the potential consequences to critical infrastructure of incidents or adverse events that do occur. The success of this integrated approach depends on leveraging the full spectrum of capabilities, expertise, and experience across the critical infrastructure community and associated stakeholders. This requires efficient sharing of actionable and relevant information among partners to build situational awareness and enable effective risk-informed decision making."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2013
• Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  "Protection of critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) is a necessary component of overall protection of the United States. Terrorist attacks, as well as unintentional manmade accidents and natural disasters, threaten CIKR and, therefore, threaten public health and safety, economic vitality, and the American way of life. As a critical step toward the overarching goal of nationwide CIKR protection, President George W. Bush issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7) in 2003, which called for establishment of a National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) to address critical infrastructure identifica¬tion, prioritization, and protection for all 17 CIKR sectors. HSPD-7 assigned responsibility for coordinating protection of CIKR in each sector to Sector-Specific Agencies (SSAs). The SSA for the Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste Sector is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In DHS, the Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP), Sector-Specific Agency Executive Management Office (SSA EMO) has been assigned SSA responsibilities. […] The 2010 Nuclear SSP [Sector-Specific Plans] builds on the original Nuclear SSP, published in 2007, but reflects the increased emphasis on resilience, all-hazards, and cybersecurity included in the 2009 NIPP. In addition, the 2010 SSP includes a broader array of protective pro¬grams and resiliency strategies compared to the 2007 Nuclear SSP, to include the full spectrum of programs to protect nuclear and radiological materials, as well as nuclear facilities. Preparation of the 2010 Nuclear SSP involved input from a wide range of Nuclear Sector partners, including the membership of the Nuclear Sector Coordinating Council (NSCC) and the Nuclear Government Coordinating Council (NGCC). In accordance with DHS guidance, the Nuclear SSP will be updated annually and reissued every 3 years. The 2010 Nuclear SSP is the first reissue of the Nuclear SSP."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2010
• National Monuments and Icons Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  "The National Monuments and Icons (NMI) Sector-Specific Plan (SSP) was created to complement the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) in improving protection of the NMI Sector in an all-hazard environment. The NMI SSP promotes a col¬laborative partnership at all levels of government to foster the cooperation necessary to improve the protection of NMI critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR). The NMI SSP is a pathway to identify and prioritize assets, assess risk, implement pro¬tective programs, and measure the effectiveness of protective programs. This document represents the collaborative efforts of our sector partners, all dedicated to the protection and resilience of CIKR assets as it relates to all hazards within the NMI Sector."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of the Interior

  2010
• Dams Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  "The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) provides the unifying structure for the integration of critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) protection and resilience efforts as part of a coordinated national program. The NIPP provides the overarching framework for integrating protective programs and activities underway in the various sectors, as well as new and developing CIKR protection efforts. Sector-Specific Plans detail the application of the overall risk management framework to each of the 18 specific sectors. The Dams Sector-Specific Plan (DSSP) was developed to complement the NIPP in achieving a safer, more secure, and more resilient Dams Sector by reducing vulnerabilities, deterring threats, and minimizing the consequences of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and other incidents. Each year, the Dams Sector CIKR Protection Annual Report provides detailed updates on the efforts conducted by sector partners to identify, prioritize, and coordinate the protection of the sector's critical infrastructure. The Sector Annual Report describes the current priorities of the sector as well as the progress made during the past year in following the plans and strategies set out in the DSSP. This 2010 release of the DSSP updates the original plan issued in May 2007. As with the original plan, this document was developed through active collaboration and coordination with Dams Sector partners. This plan, and the public-private partnership that it represents, supports the Nation's all-hazards approach to homeland security preparedness and domestic incident management."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2010
• Chemical Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  "The Chemical Sector-Specific Plan provides the unifying structure for the integration of Chemical Sector protection efforts into a single national program to help achieve the goal of a safe, secure, and resilient America through enhanced protection of the Nation's critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR). As an annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), the Chemical Sector-Specific Plan describes how the NIPP risk management framework is being implemented in and integrated with both the voluntary programs already underway in the Chemical Sector and the promulgated regulatory standards for chemical facility security."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2010
• Information Technology Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  "During the past year, members of the Information Technology (IT) Government Coordinating Council (GCC) and the IT Sector Coordinating Council (SCC) collaborated to develop the 2010 IT Sector-Specific Plan (SSP). The IT SSP details the progress the IT Sector has made in its national-level risk management efforts, including the completion of the IT Sector Baseline Risk Assessment (ITSRA) in 2009, and discusses how it is using the results of that baseline analysis to inform the sector's critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) protective programs, research and development, and measurement activities. [...] Each year, the IT Sector CIKR Protection Annual Report provides updates on the sector's efforts to identify, prioritize, and coordinate the protection of its critical infrastructure. The Sector Annual Report describes the current priorities of the sector and the progress made during the past year in following the plans and strategies set out in the IT SSP."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2010
• Communications Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Communications System (NCS) serves as the Sector-Specific Agency for the Communications Sector. Private sector owners and operators have enjoyed a close working relationship with NCS since its inception in 1963. NCS and its partners coordinate the development and the implementation of the Communications Sector-Specific Plan (CSSP) to reduce risk across the Communications Sector. The CSSP is intended to ensure that the Communications Sector effectively coordinates with sector partners, other sectors, and DHS to enhance protection and resilience in an all-hazards environment. The CSSP presents a vision of how the Communications Sector will manage risk utilizing both public and private resources, how partners will implement programs and practices to achieve sector goals, and how the sector will measure the success of protective activities. The CSSP is the result of close collaboration among NCS, the Communications Sector Coordinating Council, and the Communications Government Coordinating Council. It provides a framework through which industry and government partners can develop a coordinated protection strategy." This Sector-Specific Plan is an update to the 2007 plan, providing a summary of accomplishments since its initial publication and a framework for the future.

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2010
• Energy Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  "In January 2009, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced completion of the revised version of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), a comprehensive risk management framework that defines critical infrastructure protection (CIP) roles and responsibilities for all levels of government, private industry, and other sector partners. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has been designated the Sector-Specific Agency (SSA) for the Energy Sector, and is tasked with coordinating preparation and implementation of an Energy Sector-Specific Plan (SSP) that is an annex to the NIPP. [...] The energy infrastructure provides fuel to the Nation, and in turn depends on the Nation's transportation, information technology, communications, finance, and government infrastructures. The energy systems and networks cross the Nation's borders, making international collaboration a necessary component of the sector's efforts to secure the energy infrastructure. Protecting and improving the resilience of the Electricity and Oil and Natural Gas subsectors in the face of both manmade and natural disasters will be an ongoing effort that requires continued vigilance, contingency planning, and training. The combined sector vision and goals communicate the comprehensive physical and cyber preparedness, protective, and recovery measures that the government and infrastructure owners and operators are working together to achieve for the sector."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2010
• Critical Manufacturing Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  "The Critical Manufacturing Sector was established by DHS [Department of Homeland Security] in 2008; this document represents the original Critical Manufacturing SSP [Sector-Specific Plan]. The SSP provides the unifying structure for the integration of sector protection efforts into a single national program to help achieve the goal of safer, more resilient infrastructure. As an annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), the Critical Manufacturing SSP describes how the NIPP risk management framework-the six-step process for managing the risks associated with protecting the Nation's critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR)-is being implemented and integrated with voluntary programs already underway in the sector."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2010
• Food and Agriculture Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  This Food and Agriculture Sector-Specific Plan (SSP) is an annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) and an update to the 2007 version. "The Food and Agriculture SSP contained herein is a result of over 13 months of collaboration between the private sector, Federal, State, local, tribal and territorial government organizations. This collaboration has resulted in a document which por¬trays the sector's current all-hazards protective posture and resiliency strategies, as well as a forum which illustrates a myriad of initiatives, resources, programs, and tools which can be applied by sector partners to: assist in the identification and implementation of risk mitigation activities; reduce the vulnerability of the food supply; deter threats to the sector; and minimize the consequences from and aid in the development of resiliency strategies to assist the sector in recovering from large-scale incidents."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2010
• Healthcare and Public Health Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  "The Transportation Systems Sector-Specific Plan (SSP) is the strategic plan for the sector fulfilling the requirements of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7): Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection; and the requirements of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (as amended by the 9/11 Commission Act) for the National Strategy for Transportation Security (NSTS). The SSP consists of a base plan and six modal annexes. The modal annexes for mass transit, maritime, and railroads (including freight and passenger rail) also consolidate strategic planning and infrastructure protection requirements. The Transportation Systems SSP describes collaboratively developed strategies to reduce risks to critical transportation infra¬structure from the broad range of known and unknown terrorism threats. These threats span a multitude of scenarios from lone actors with explosives devices to complex and coordinated assaults such as the 9/11 attack or, potentially, attacks involving weapons of mass destruction. The SSP establishes the strategic goals and objectives to be implemented in order to achieve a shared vision of a safe and secure national transportation system and it explains processes and mechanisms to manage sector risks. The 2010 SSP revises the Systems-Based Risk Management process described in the 2007 version of the SSP, and adopts and amplifies the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) framework by describing a process intended to encourage wider participation in risk reduction decisionmaking activities. The main objective of the process is to build a set of programs and initiatives that reduce the sector's most significant risks in an efficient, practical, and cost-effective manner."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2010
• Education Facilities Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the Government Facilities Sector-Specific Plan

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  "Critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) provide the essential services that support basic elements of American society. Compromise of these CIKR could disrupt key government and industry activities, facilities, and systems, producing cascading effects throughout the Nation's economy and society and profoundly affecting our national prestige and morale. Protection of U.S. CIKR is therefore vital to our Nation's security, economic vitality, and way of life. Because the functional categories of schools and higher education are aligned with the Government Facilities Sector (GFS), the Education Facilities Subsector (EFS) is a GFS subsector under the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) for coordinating infrastructure protection efforts for schools and higher education institutions. The U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) serves as the Sector-Specific Agency (SSA) for the subsector under the NIPP, as designated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. Within ED, OSDFS administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs and activities involving student health and safety, including guidance and information on emergency management efforts for schools and higher education institutions. OSDFS supports ED's mission by building school emergency management capacity and resilience at the Federal, State, and local levels. As the EFS SSA, OSDFS provides guidance and information to the education community in relation to infrastructure and security programs and resources for subsector CIKR protection."

  United States. Department of Defense; United States. Department of Education

  2010
• Commercial Facilities Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  "The Commercial Facilities (CF) Sector is widely diverse in both scope and function. A dominant influence on the Nation's economy, this sector includes retail centers, hotels, casinos, theme parks, motion picture production studios, office and apartment buildings, convention centers, sports stadiums, and other sites where large numbers of people congregate to pursue business activities, conduct personal commercial transactions, and enjoy recreational pastimes and accommodations. The sector is composed primarily of privately owned facilities that operate on the principle of open public access, meaning the public may move freely throughout these facilities without the deterrent of highly visible security barriers. Each owner and operator has distinct assets, operational processes, business environments, and risk management approaches that vary across all business lines because of the considerable diversity in their objectives. These characteristics require an integrated and comprehensive approach to protecting critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) in the sector. The CF Sector-Specific Plan (SSP) complements the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) by developing efforts to improve the protection of the CF Sector in an all-hazards environment. This SSP describes the processes used to identify, assess, and protect CIKR; and the plans to implement these processes and measure effectiveness. The SSP also helps define the partnership between the Commercial Facilities Sector-Specific Agency (CF SSA), other SSAs, and those additional partners protecting the sector through implementation of risk mitigation activities."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2010
• Defense Industrial Base Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  "The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) is an unmatched element of national power that differentiates the United States from all potential opponents. In 2009, the Secretary of Homeland Security published the updated National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). The NIPP provides the overarching approach for the nation's critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) protection initiatives as a single integrated national effort. The Department of Defense (DoD) as the Sector-Specific Agency (SSA) for the DIB is responsible for leading the collaborative, coordinated effort to identify, assess, and improve the risk management of critical infrastructure across the DIB with its partners. As Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs, I am pleased to publish our second edition of the DIB Sector-Specific Plan (SSP). The SSP outlines a common vision, goals, and approach in applying risk management activities to the sector. This plan is a product of extensive collaboration across DoD, its interagency partners, and representatives of the private sector, both national and international owners and operators that range from small proprietors to Fortune 500 corporations. The 2010 DIB SSP reflects continued maturation of the relationship between government and private sector DIB partners. […]This plan is a living document that will evolve as the national security environment changes. To this end, the DIB partners are committed to work together to review the plan so that the resulting revisions reflect the highest level of preparedness and readiness for the risk mitigation activities that keep the DIB resilient. Protection of the DIB is paramount to maintain the competitive advantage in executing U.S. national strategy."

  United States. Department of the Treasury; United States. Department of Defense

  2010
• Emergency Services Sector-Specific Plan: An Annex to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan [2010]

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  "The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) provides the unifying structure for the integration of critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) protection efforts into a single national program. The NIPP provides an overall framework for integrating programs and activities that are underway in the various sectors, as well as new and developing CIKR protection efforts. The NIPP includes 18 Sector-Specific Plans (SSPs) that detail the application of the overall risk management framework to each specific sector. Each SSP describes a collaborative effort between the private sector; State, local, tribal, and territorial governments; nongovernmental organizations; and the Federal Government. This collaboration will result in the prioritization of protection initiatives and investments within and across sectors to ensure that resources can be applied where they contribute the most to risk mitigation by lowering vulnerabilities, deterring threats, and minimizing the consequences of attacks and other incidents. This document represents the Emergency Services SSP."

  United States. Department of Defense

  2010