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Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

CISA provides guidance to support state, local, and industry partners in identifying critical infrastructure needed to maintain the functions Americans depend on daily.

Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

  • Critical Infrastructure Sectors
  • Chemical Security
  • Resilience Services
  • Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Overview

Critical Infrastructure are those assets, systems, and networks that provide functions necessary for our way of life. There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors that are part of a complex, interconnected ecosystem and any threat to these sectors could have potentially debilitating national security, economic, and public health or safety consequences. 

CISA’s Role

CISA provides guidance to support state, local, and industry partners in identifying the critical infrastructure sectors and the essential workers needed to maintain the services and functions Americans depend on daily.

Chemical Security

CISA strives to prevent the misuse of chemicals in a terrorist attack. Securing chemical sector infrastructure is crucial to our economic prosperity, national security, and public health and safety.

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

CISA protects our critical infrastructure from strengthening extreme weather events through expert leadership, coordination, and guidance.

Resilience Services

CISA leads the national effort to enhance the resilience of the critical infrastructure Americans rely on every hour of every day.
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16 Critical Infrastructure Sectors

There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors that are part of a complex, interconnected ecosystem.

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Critical Infrastructure Exercises

CISA conducts cyber and physical security exercises with government and industry partners to enhance security and resilience of critical infrastructure. These exercises provide stakeholders with effective and practical mechanisms to identify best practices, lessons learned, and areas for improvement in plans and procedures. These exercises may also inform future planning, technical assistance, training, and education efforts.

CISA works with partners to design and conduct exercises that range from small-scale, discussion-based exercises to large-scale, operations-based exercises. CISA also offers a wide portfolio of downloadable CISA Tabletop Exercise Packages (CTEPs) to serve as an off-the-shelf solution for a variety of stakeholders’ exercise needs.

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Exercise Planning and Conduct Support Services

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Contact: cisa.exercises@cisa.dhs.gov
CISA provides end-to-end exercise planning and conduct support to assist stakeholders in examining their cybersecurity and physical security plans and capabilities.
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Cybersecurity Scenarios

JUL 13, 2021 | PUBLICATION
Cybersecurity Scenario CTEPs cover various cyber threat vector topics such as ransomware, insider threats, and phishing.
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Physical Security Scenarios

JUL 15, 2021 | PUBLICATION
The physical security Situation Manuals cover topics including active shooters, vehicle ramming, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), unmanned aerial systems (UASs), and more.
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Physical Security Scenarios

EXERCISE | OTHER
The physical threat focused Situation Manuals cover topics such as active shooters, vehicle ramming, improvised explosive devices (IED), unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and many more.

Cyber-Physical Convergence Scenarios

JUL 14, 2021 | PUBLICATION
Convergence CTEPs are those specifically designed to discuss the physical impacts resulting from a cyber threat vector, or cyber impacts resulting from a physical threat vector.
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Cyber-Physical Convergence Scenarios

EXERCISE | OTHER
Convergence CTEPs are those specifically designed to discuss the physical impacts resulting from a cyber threat vector, or the cyber impacts resulting from a physical threat vector.

CISA Tabletop Exercise Package Documentation

EXERCISE | OTHER
CTEP package documentation allows users to leverage pre-built templates to develop a full understanding of roles and responsibilities for exercise planners, facilitators/evaluators, and participants. Your exercise planning team can fully develop your own tabletop exercise.

Cyber Storm Cyber Exercise Series

EXERCISE | OTHER
Cyber Storm is CISA’s biennial national cyber exercise series. The nation's most expansive cybersecurity exercise, Cyber Storm is an opportunity for the private sector to come together with all levels of government to address cyber response as a whole community.

Tabletop the Vote 

EXERCISE | OTHER
Tabletop the Vote is CISA’s yearly national election security exercise. Federal partners, state and local election officials, and vendors come together to identify and share best practices and areas for improvement related to election security.
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Contact CISA Central

CISA Central is the simplest way for critical infrastructure partners and stakeholders to engage with CISA. Please contact Central@cisa.gov.

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