National Infrastructure Protection Plan

The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) is a document called for by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7, which aims to unify Critical Infrastructure and Key Resource (CIKR) protection efforts across the country. The latest version of the plan is 188 pages long and was released in January 2009.^[1] The NIPP's goals are to protect critical infrastructure and key resources and ensure resiliency. It is generally considered unwieldy and not an actual plan to be carried out in an emergency, but it is useful as a mechanism for developing coordination between government and the private sector. The NIPP is based on the model laid out in the 1998 Presidential Decision Directive-63, which identified critical sectors of the economy and tasked relevant government agencies to work with them on sharing information and on strengthening responses to attack.

The NIPP is structured to create partnerships between Government Coordinating Councils (GCC) from the public sector and Sector Coordinating Councils(SCC) from the private sector for the eighteen sectors DHS has identified as critical.

Sector Specific Agengies

United States Department of Agriculture United States Department of Health and Human Services United States Department of Defense United States Department of Energy United States Department of Health and Human Services United States Department of the Interior United States Department of the Treasury United States Environmental Protection Agency United States Department of Homeland Security-Office of Infrastructure Protection

United States Department of Homeland Security-Office of Cyber Security and Telecommunications United States Department of Homeland Security-Transport Security Administration United States Department of Homeland Security-Transport Security Administration United States Coast Guard United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Federal Protective Service

Sector Coordinating Councils

Agriculture and Food Defense Industrial Base Energy Public Health and Healthcare National Monuments and Icons Financial Services Drinking Water and Water Treatment Systems Chemical Commercial Facilities

Dams Emergency Services Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste Information Technology Communications Postal and Shipping Transportation Systems Government Facilities

References

1. ^ "National Infrastructure Protection Plan" (PDF). United States Department of Homeland Security. http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/NIPP_Plan.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-18.