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+ | The 2009 NIPP <ref>[http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/NIPP_Plan.pdf National Infrastructure Protection Plan, Partnering to enhance protection and resiliency, US Department of Homeland Security, 2009]</ref> defines a sector as a logical collection of [[asset|assets]], [[system|systems]], or [[network|networks]] that provide a common function to the economy, government, or society. | ||
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Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21): Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience<ref> [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/presidential-policy-directive-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resil Presidential Policy Directive -- Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, PPD-21, 2013]</ref> identifies 16 critical infrastructure sectors: | Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21): Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience<ref> [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/presidential-policy-directive-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resil Presidential Policy Directive -- Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, PPD-21, 2013]</ref> identifies 16 critical infrastructure sectors: | ||
# Chemical Sector | # Chemical Sector |
Revision as of 13:37, 18 May 2014
Contents
Definitions
Official European Definition
National Definitions
USA
The 2009 NIPP [1] defines a sector as a logical collection of assets, systems, or networks that provide a common function to the economy, government, or society.
Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21): Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience[2] identifies 16 critical infrastructure sectors:
- Chemical Sector
- Commercial Facilities Sector
- Communications Sector
- Critical Manufacturing Sector
- Dams Sector
- Defense Industrial Base Sector
- Emergency Services Sector
- Energy Sector
- Financial Services Sector
- Food and Agriculture Sector
- Government Facilities Sector
- Healthcare and Public Health Sector
- Information Technology Sector
- Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste Sector
- Transportation Systems Sector
- Water and Wastewater Systems Sector
Each sector falls under the responsibility of a designated Sector-Specific Agency (SSA).
Germany
In Germany, the following sectors (and industries) are assigned to critical infrastructures [3]:
- Transport and traffic (aviation, maritime shipping, inland waterway transport, rail traffic, road traffic, logistics)
- Energy (electricity, mineral oil, gas)
- Information technology and telecommunication (telecommunication, information technology)
- Finance and insurance sector (banks/financial institutes, insurance companies, financial service providers, stock exchanges)
- State and administration (government and administration, parliament, judicial institutions, emergency and rescue services including disaster control)
- Food (food industry, food trade)
- Water (public water supply, public wastewater disposal)
- Health (medical care, pharmaceuticals and vaccines, laboratories)
- Media and culture (broadcasting (television and radio), printed and electronic press, cultural assets, highly symbolic buildings)
See also
Notes
- ↑ National Infrastructure Protection Plan, Partnering to enhance protection and resiliency, US Department of Homeland Security, 2009
- ↑ Presidential Policy Directive -- Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, PPD-21, 2013
- ↑ Unpublished working glossary of UP KRITIS and BSI, 2014