Enhancing And Implementing The Cybersecurity Elements Of The Sector Specific Plans
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology Publisher : Unknown Page : 132 pages File Size : 42,8 Mb Release : 2009 Category : Law ISBN : UOM:39015090378392
Enhancing and Implementing the Cybersecurity Elements of the Sector-specific Plans by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology Pdf
Critical Infrastructure Protection by United States Government Accountability Office Pdf
sectors-such as public health, energy, water, and transportation-rely on computerized information and systems to provide services to the public. To fulfill the requirement for a comprehensive plan, including cyber aspects, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a national plan in June 2006 for the sectors to use as a road map to enhance the protection of critical infrastructure. Lead federal agencies, referred to as sector-specific agencies, are responsible for coordinating critical infrastructure protection efforts, such as the development of plans that are specific to each sector. In this context, GAO was asked to determine if these sector-specific plans address key aspects of cyber security, including cyber assets, key vulnerabilities, vulnerability reduction efforts, and recovery plans. To accomplish this, GAO analyzed each sector-specific plan against criteria that were developed on the basis of DHS guidance.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security Publisher : Unknown Page : 184 pages File Size : 46,9 Mb Release : 2008 Category : Electronic ISBN : PSU:000063516265
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for Fiscal Year ... by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security Pdf
Gregory C. Wilshusen,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Author : Gregory C. Wilshusen,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Publisher : Unknown Page : 36 pages File Size : 46,6 Mb Release : 2014 Category : Electronic ISBN : OCLC:870340366
Critical Infrastructure Protection by Gregory C. Wilshusen,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Pdf
The five identified federal agencies (Departments of Homeland Security, Commerce, Justice, and Transportation and Federal Communications Commission (FCC)) have to varying degrees, coordinated cybersecurity-related activities with state and local governments. These activities included (1) supporting critical infrastructure protection-related planning, (2) issuing grants, (3) sharing information, (4) providing technical assistance, and (5) regulating and overseeing essential functions. However, except for supporting critical infrastructure planning, federal coordination of these activities was generally not targeted towards or focused on the cybersecurity of state and local public safety entities involved in handling 911 emergency calls. Under the critical infrastructure protection planning activity, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) coordinated with state and local governments and other federal stakeholders to complete the Emergency Services Sector-Specific Plan. The plan is to guide the sector, including the public safety entities, in setting protective program goals and objectives, identifying assets, assessing risks, prioritizing infrastructure components and programs to enhance risk mitigation, implementing protective programs, measuring program effectiveness, and incorporating research and development of technology initiatives into sector planning efforts. It also addressed aspects of cybersecurity of the current environment. However, the plan did not address the development and implementation of more interconnected, Internet-based planned information technologies, such as the next generation of 911 services. According to DHS officials, the plan did not address these technologies, in part, because the process for updating the sector-specific plan will begin after the release of the revised National Infrastructure Protection Plan--a unifying framework to enhance the safety of the nation's critical infrastructure. A revised plan was released in December 2013, and, according to DHS, a new sector-specific plan is estimated to be completed in December 2014. Until DHS, in collaboration with stakeholders, addresses the cybersecurity implications of the emerging technologies in planning activities, information systems are at an increased risk of failure or being unavailable at critical moments. Under the other four activities, federal agencies performed some coordination related activities for public safety entities including administering grants for information technology enhancements, sharing information about cyber-based attacks, and providing technical assistance through education and awareness efforts. For example, the Departments of Transportation and Commerce allocated $43.5 million in grants to states over a 3-year period, starting in September 2009, to help implement enhancements to 911 system functionality. While these grants were not targeted towards the cybersecurity of these systems, cybersecurity was not precluded from the allowed use of the funds.
U.S. Preparedness for Catastrophic Attacks by Douglas Lovelace,Kristen Boon,Aziz Z. Huq Pdf
Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a hardbound series that provides primary-source documents and expert commentary on the worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Volume 120, U.S. Preparedness for Catastrophic Attacks, discusses the critical topic of U.S. preparedness for catastrophic events. Doug Lovelace introduces documents that will inform researchers and practitioners of international law and national security about the ability of the United States to prevent and deter a catastrophic attack, as well as to mitigate and cope with the effects of such an attack.
National infrastructure protection plan by United States. Department of Homeland Security Pdf
Protecting the critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) of the United States is essential to the Nation's security, public health and safety, economic vitality, and way of life. Attacks on CI/KR could significantly disrupt the functioning of government and business alike and produce cascading effects far beyond the targeted sector and physical location of the incident. Direct terrorist attacks and natural, manmade, or technological hazards could produce catastrophic losses in terms of human casualties, property destruction, and economic effects, as well as profound damage to public morale and confidence. Attacks using components of the Nation's CI/KR as weapons of mass destruction could have even more devastating physical and psychological consequences. The overarching goal of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) is as follows: Build a safer, more secure, and more resilient America by enhancing protection of the Nation's CI/KR to prevent, deter, neutralize, or mitigate the effects of deliberate efforts by terrorists to destroy, incapacitate, or exploit them; and to strengthen national preparedness, timely response, and rapid recovery in the event of an attack, natural disaster, or other emergency. The NIPP provides the unifying structure for the integration of existing and future CI/KR protection efforts into a single national program to achieve this goal. The NIPP framework will enable the prioritization of protection initiatives and investments across sectors to ensure that government and private sector resources are applied where they offer the most benefit for mitigating risk by lessening vulnerabilities, deterring threats, and minimizing the consequences of terrorist attacks and other manmade and natural disasters. The NIPP risk management framework recognizes and builds on existing protective programs and initiatives.
Cybersecurity: Continued Federal Efforts are Needed to Protect Critical Systems and Information by Gregory C. Wilshusen Pdf
Federal laws and policy have assigned important roles and responsibilities to the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Nat. Inst. of Standards and Tech. (NIST) for securing computer networks and systems. DHS is charged with coordinating the protection of computer-reliant critical infrastructure -- much of which is owned by the private sector -- and securing its own computer systems, while NIST is responsible for developing standards and guidelines for implementing security controls over information and information systems. This report describes cybersecurity efforts at DHS and NIST -- including partnership activities with the private sector -- and the use of cybersecurity performance metrics in the fed. gov¿t. Table and graphs.
Assessing Cybersecurity Activities at NIST and DHS by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation Pdf
