Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Could Better Manage Security Surveys and Vulnerability Assessments

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By Stephen L. Caldwell (au)
Year: 2012
Pages: 87
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-3617-6

Product Code: 1457836173

Description

Natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, and terrorist attacks, such as the 2005 bombings in London, highlight the importance of protecting critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) äóî assets and systems vital to the economy or health of the nation. The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the Nat. Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) in June 2006 (updated in 2009) to provide the approach for integrating the nationäó»s CIKR. Because the private sector owns most of the nationäó»s CIKR äóî for ex., energy production facilities äóî DHS encourages asset owners and operators to voluntarily participate in surveys or vulnerability assessments of existing security measures at those assets. This includes nationally significant CIKR that DHS designates as high priority. This report assesses the extent to which DHS has (1) taken action to conduct surveys and assessments among highäóñpriority CIKR; (2) shared the results of these surveys and assessments with asset owners or operators; and (3) assessed the effectiveness of surveys and assessments and identified actions taken, if any, to improve them. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.

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