Practices for securing critical information assets page iii acknowledgments december 1999 acknowledgments the u. Critical infrastructure protection cip is the need to protect a regions vital infrastructures such as food and agriculture or transportation. To address this threat, the government of india has notified the national critical information infrastructure protection centre nciipc as the nodal agency vide gazette of. Critical infrastructure protection against cyber threats. Critical infrastructure protection education and training. Pdf models of critical information infrastructure protection. Dhs risk assessments inform owner and operator protection efforts and departmental strategic planning. A generic national framework for critical information.
Protection of critical information infrastructure cii is of paramount concern to governments worldwide. This framework also serves as a common lens from which to view risks, threats, vulnerabilities, and protective controls of those resources. This report describes a risk assessment methodology for critical infrastructures ci based on two staff working documents, one from dg echo on risk assessment and mapping guidelines for disaster management 1 and one from dg home on a new approach to the european programme for critical infrastructure protection. This paper advocates the need to conceptualize or model critical information infrastructure protection ciip in order to explain regulatory choices made by governments regarding ciip. The first ciip handbook was published in 2002 with an inventory of protection policies in eight countries16 and their methods and models employed. Second action plan on information security measures for critical information infrastructure hereinafter referred to as the.
Information sharing initiative united states department of justice d e p a r t m e n t o f j u s t i c e critical infrastructure and. Expert working group of technical standards cyber security incidents response teams it is important to involve in critical information infrastructure protection sectors working group and gradually active them to protect ciip. Protection of critical infrastructure and the role of investment policies relating to national security may 2008 this report is published under the oecd secretariats responsibility and was prepared by kathryn gordon senior economist, oecd and maeve dion george. Protect critical infrastructure information according to the protected critical infrastructure information program or other appropriate guidelines, and share information relevant to cikr protection e. This partnership is essential because the vast majority approximately eightyfive percent of the nations critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector. The protection of critical infrastructures against. This course examines the security of information in computer and communications networks within infrastructure sectors critical to national security.
Best practices for critical information infrastructure. Guidelines for the protection of national critical. Key resources cikr protection capabilities for fusion centers. To address this threat, the government of india has notified the national critical information infrastructure protection centre nciipc as the nodal agency vide gazette of india notification on 16 th january 2014. The present volume aims to provide an overview of the current understanding of the socalled critical infrastructure ci, and particularly the critical information infrastructure cii, which not only forms one of the constituent sectors of the overall ci, but also is unique in providing an element of interconnection. All activities aimed at ensuring the functionality, continuity and integrity of cii in order to deter, mitigate and neutralise a threat, risk or vulnerability or minimise.
The evaluation was finalized on 23 july 2019 with the publication of a staff working document pdf. Critical infrastructure protection education and training programs the mission of critical infrastructure protection cip requires a robust education and training community. However the approach each country takes on the topic is. Analysis, evaluation and expectations would have a serious impact on the wellbeing of citizens, proper functioning of governments and industries or other adverse effects. This information protection program enhances information sharing between the private sector and the government. Critical information infrastructure protection ciip. Critical infrastructure information act of 2002 cisa.
Critical infrastructure information act homeland security. A framework for critical information infrastructure risk. A framework for critical information infrastructure risk management 5 draft working document introduction critical infrastructures cis provide essential services that enable modern societies and economies, making their protection an important national and international policy concern. This article discusses the developing cyber threat to critical. It relects changes in the critical infrastructure risk, policy, and oper ating environments and is informed by the need to integrate the cyber, physical, and human elements of critical infrastructure. A framework for national critical information infrastructure protection ciip provides a structured view of strategic information services and infrastructure resources for a nation state.
The cybercrimes and cybersecurity bill defines critical information infrastructure very broadly. This is the critical infrastructure information cii act of 2002 that created the protected critical infrastructure information pcii program. Critical infrastructure protection against cyber threats lior tabansky introduction a functioning modern society depends on a complex tapestry of infrastructures. Cii critical information infrastructure ciip critical information infrastructure protection cip critical infrastructure protection cni critical national infrastructure cnpic national center for the protection of critical infrastructure, spain cpii committee for the protection of information infrastructure cpni centre for the protection of. The international journal of critical infrastructure protection ijcip was launched in 2008, with the primary aim of publishing scholarly papers of the highest quality in all areas of critical infrastructure protection. Baseline capabilities for state and major urban area fusion.
Models of critical information infrastructure protection. October 2017 gao1862 united states government accountability office. Researchers, faculty members and graduate students, as well as policy makers, practitioners and other individuals will all hail critical infrastructure protection as the critical book of the hour. The basic policy of critical information infrastructure. National critical information infrastructure protection centre. Communities of participants in critical infrastructure protection. Critical information infrastructures protection approaches. Throughout this paper, the term critical infrastructure protection cip is used to include a broad range of interrelated activities, including protection of critical information infrastructure and software assurance. Acknowledgements this research paper, entitled a generic national framework for critical information infrastructure protection, was commissioned by the itu corporate strategy division csd and the itu bureau for telecommunication developments ict applications and. These include the sectors of banking, securities and commodities markets, industrial supply chain, electricalsmart grid, energy production, transportation systems, communications, water supply, and health. In brief as discussed further below, a number of federal executive documents and federal legislation lay out a basic policy and strategy for protecting the nations critical infrastructure. Critical infrastructure assurance office ciao gratefully acknowledges permission to extract, condense, paraphrase, and make use of.
Commission on critical infrastructure protection pccip, which called for cooperation between the federal 6government and its private sector partners. An inventory of 25 national and 7 international critical information infrastructure protection policies series editors. The epcip facilitates information sharing among the member states and other stakeholders, via the cip points of contact group with representatives from every member state and an online information tool, the critical infrastructure warning. A critical information infrastructure protection approach. Critical information infrastructure protection 3rd edition tentative translation may 19, 2014. Critical information infrastructure protection cip. Critical information infrastructure protection ciip is a derivative of this cii definition, and is defined as. Of particular interest are articles that weave science, technology, law and policy to craft sophisticated yet practical. Risk assessment methodologies for critical infrastructure. Netherlands report on critical infrastructure protection. More generally, politicians are increasingly aware of the threats presented by radical political movements and terrorist attacks. The critical infrastructure information act of 2002 cii act seeks to facilitate greater sharing of critical infrastructure information among the owners and operators of the critical infrastructures and government entities with infrastructure protection responsibilities, thereby reducing the nations vulnerability to terrorism. National critical information infrastructure protection centre cve report 01 15 may 2016 vol.
Today there are a variety of domestic and international programs that have developed, or are currently developing, curricula that include the examination of. Working group critical information infrastructure protection summary of roles. The national infrastructure protection plan nipp provides the unifying structure for the integration of federal critical infrastructures and key resources cikr protection efforts into a single national program. Background, policy, and implementation congressional research service 2 federal critical infrastructure protection policy. International journal of critical infrastructure protection. Analysis, evaluation and expectations, information and security, vol. This volume can be voted as the book of the year, dealing as it does with allimportant topic of critical information infrastructure protection. Building on previous attempts, it proposes two models of ciip. These national protection efforts are the subject of the ciip handbook.
The framework of interdependent networks and systems comprising identifiable industries, institutions including people and procedures, and distribution capabilities that provide a reliable flow of products and services, the smooth functioning of governments at all levels, and. Cip is important because it is the link between risk management and infrastructure assurance. Critical information infrastructure protection ciip is a key priority in most of these strategies 15 out of 20 have an objective to protect the national critical infrastructure1. Protected information can be used to analyze and secure critical infrastructure and protected systems, identify vulnerabilities and develop risk assessments, and enhance recovery preparedness measures. Critical infrastructure protection requires the development of a national capability to identify and monitor the critical elements and to determine when and if the elements are under attack or are the victim of destructive natural occurrences. Critical information infrastructure protectionis aimed at people who organise the protection of critical infrastructure, such as chief executive officers, business managers, risk managers, it managers, information security managers, business continuity managers and civil servants. It is any data, database, network, communications infrastructure, or part thereof, or anything associated with them that has been declared a cii. Specifically, mackin, darken, and lewis describe critical node analysis as a means to determine the criticality of infrastructure components, i. Therefore, protection measures are also needed, opening a new research area known as critical information infrastructure protection ciip.