CIKR Comm Services and Providers

National Communications System (NCS)

ESF-2 Winter Training Conference

“The Importance of CI/KR Communications

Services and Providers”

Peter Fitzmaurice

Agenda:

Agenda:

Critical Infrastructure and Key

Critical Infrastructure and Key

Resources (CI/KR)

Resources (CI/KR)

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_{Risk Integration and Analysis Branch overview}

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_{National CI/KR Prioritization Program}

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_{Tier 1/Tier 2 Program}

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_{Examples for Tier 1/Tier 2 Program List Uses}

Risk Integration and Analysis Branch

Risk Integration and Analysis Branch

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_{National CIKR Prioritization Program overview}

― Tier 1/Tier 2 Program

― Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative (CFDI)

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_{National CI/KR Risk Analysis Program}

National CI/KR Prioritization Program

National CI/KR Prioritization Program

 _{HSPD-7, and the NIPP require DHS to identify the Nation’s most}

critical infrastructure.

 9/11 Commission Act explicitly requires the DHS Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) to create annual lists of critical

infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) capable of “national or regional catastrophic effects”.

 _{The Homeland Infrastructure Threat and Risk Analysis Center}

(HITRAC) executes these responsibilities through the National CI/KR Prioritization Program: Tier 1/Tier 2 Program (Domestic qualifying CI/KR) and the Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative – CFDI

(International qualifying CI/KR)

 _{The success of the program relies upon the contributions and}

Tier 1/Tier 2 Program

Tier 1/Tier 2 Program

 _{Intended to identify the Nation’s most critical, highly consequential}

assets and systems.

 _{Listed assets and systems are those that, if damaged or destroyed,}

could create a combination of significant casualties, major economic loss, and/or widespread disruptions in governance and nationally critical missions:

― Consequence-based criteria used whenever possible,

― Capacity-based criteria used in the past as an indicator of likely consequences; and

― Focused on identifying both critical assets and critical systems (including critical nodes within those systems).

 _{The Tier 1 and Tier 2 Lists are the key components of the Urban Area}

Security Initiative (UASI) and State Homeland Security Grant

Examples of Tier 1/Tier 2 List Uses

Examples of Tier 1/Tier 2 List Uses

 Used by the Department of Homeland Security to:

― Prioritize and guide DHS programs (Buffer Zone Grants, Protective Security Advisors, etc.)

― Inform incident preparation, response, and restoration activities

― Support DHS grant determinations and

― Enhance communication and partnerships.

 _{Used by Federal, State and local security partners to:}

― Support CI/KR prioritization needs/requirements

― Support critical infrastructure protection planning and execution

― Enhance understanding/relationships with key owners/operators and

Potential Use of T1/T2 List for ESF2

Potential Use of T1/T2 List for ESF2

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_{By the NCS/NCC to provide insight to the assets of}

national importance in pre-event analysis.

 _{As an intermediary to critical mission determination for the}

communications infrastructure.

 _{Determine the nationally critical components of the local}

communications infrastructure.

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_{By Federal, State and local security partners to:}

 _{Prioritize assets in disaster recovery operations.}

 _{Input for infrastructure protection planning and risk}

FY09 National Program Goals

FY09 National Program Goals

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_{Continue progression toward consequence based}

criteria, capturing additional granularity related to

criticality, as possible.

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_{Coordinate and improve the CI/KR prioritization capability}

of the NIPP partner community during incidents.

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