Risk Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection: Assessing, Integrating, and Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities and Consequences

Abstract

The 9/11 Commission recommended that efforts to protect various modes of transportation and allocation of federal assistance to state and local governments should be based on an assessment of risk. In doing so, the Commission was reiterating existing federal policy regarding the protection of all the nation's critical infrastructures. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-296) and other Administration documents have assigned the Department of Homeland Security specific duties associated with coordinating the nation's efforts to protect its critical infrastructure, including using a risk management approach to set priorities. Many of these duties have been delegated to the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (IA/IP) Directorate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 02, 2004
Accession Number
ADA476255

Entities

People

  • John Moteff

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Area Security
  • Business Administration
  • Coast Guard
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Electric Power
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Infrastructure
  • Local Governments
  • National Security
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Management
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Vulnerability
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.