There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.

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Some critical infrastructure sectors—communications, energy, financial services, transportation systems, and water and wastewater systems—are interconnected to an extent that harm or compromise to one sector could harm or compromise other sectors.

Each sector is managed by a Sector-Specific Agency (SSA) that provides sector-level performance feedback to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enable assessment of national, cross-sector critical infrastructure protection and resilience programs.

Critical infrastructure sectors’ assets, systems, and networks are vital that their incapacitation would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic, security, human lives or any combination thereof.

These four infrastructure sectors— Energy, Communications, Water, and Transportation —are critical to the operations of almost all other sectors, as well as each other, and are fundamental to the delivery of the basic societal functions communities seek to provide.

Welcome to Australia’s inaugural Critical Infrastructure Security Month – a month of focus and action dedicated to uplifting the security and resilience of critical infrastructure across Australia, and for reflecting on the partnerships that underpin our shared security and prosperity.

WHAT’S NEW IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY In March 2022, President Biden signed the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) into law. CIRCIA creates legal protections and provides guidance to companies that operate in critical infrastructure sectors, including a

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified 16 critical infrastructure sectors, each consisting of multiple sub-sectors, which provide security and safety services. The importance of resilience in these sectors and their sub-sectors is compounded by the …

Mar 19, 2020 · inform critical infrastructure community decision-making to determine the sectors, sub-sectors, segments, or critical functions that should continue normal operations, appropriately modified to account for Centers for Disease Control (CDC) workforce and …