Communications: Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Sector-Specific Plan as Input to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan

Abstract

The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) provides the unifying structure for the integration of critical infrastructures and key resources (CI/KR) protection efforts into a single National program. The NIPP provides an overall framework for integrating programs and activities that are under way in the various sectors, as well as new and developing CI/KR protection efforts. The NIPP includes 17 Sector-Specific Plans (SSPs) that detail the application of the overall risk management framework to each specific sector. The Communications SSP describes a collaborative effort among the private sector, Federal Government, and State governments to protect the Nation's Communications Infrastructure. This collaboration will result in the assessment of risk to the communications architecture and its functions that will help prioritize protection initiatives and investments within the sector and aid the identification of critical assets against specific threats.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA475240

Entities

People

  • Dan Bart
  • David M. Barron
  • J. M. Hickey

Organizations

  • United States Department of Homeland Security

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cyberattacks
  • Data Links
  • Digital Communications
  • Emergency Response
  • Information Systems
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • Mesh Networks
  • National Security
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Risk Analysis
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.