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* Transport and traffic (aviation, maritime shipping, inland waterway transport, rail traffic, road traffic, logistics) | * Transport and traffic (aviation, maritime shipping, inland waterway transport, rail traffic, road traffic, logistics) | ||
* Energy (electricity, mineral oil, gas) | * Energy (electricity, mineral oil, gas) | ||
− | * Information technology and telecommunication (telecommunication, information technology) | + | * Information technology and telecommunication (telecommunication, [[information technology]]) |
* Finance and insurance sector (banks/financial institutes, insurance companies, financial service providers, stock exchanges) | * 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) | + | * State and administration (government and administration, parliament, judicial institutions, emergency and rescue services including [[disaster]] control) |
* Food (food industry, food trade) | * Food (food industry, food trade) | ||
* Water (public water supply, public wastewater disposal) | * Water (public water supply, public wastewater disposal) |
Revision as of 21:20, 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 [3]
- 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 [4]:
- 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
- ↑ Note: The Dams Sector comprises dam projects, navigation locks, levees, hurricane barriers, mine tailings impoundments, and other similar water retention and/or control facilities. Dams are vital to the nation's infrastructure and provide a wide range of economic, environmental, and social benefits, including hydroelectric power, river navigation, water supply, flood control, and recreation.
- ↑ Unpublished working glossary of UP KRITIS and BSI, 2014