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The chemical security mission is to safeguard the American people by preventing the misuse of chemicals in a terrorist attack on the homeland.
Securing our nation’s chemical sector infrastructure is crucial to our economic prosperity, national security, and public health and safety. Every day, thousands of chemical facilities across the country—from small companies to national laboratories—use, manufacture, store, and transport dangerous chemicals in a complex, global chain that affects other critical infrastructure sectors.
Enhancing security and resilience across the chemical industry to reduce the risk of dangerous chemicals being weaponized requires a collaborative effort. To this end, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has developed voluntary and regulatory programs and resources to help stakeholders—private industry, public sector, and law enforcement—secure chemical facilities from many threats: cyberattacks, biohazards, insider threats, and theft and diversion for use in chemical or explosive weapons.
The nation's first regulatory program focused on security at high-risk chemical facilities. CFATS identifies and regulates high-risk facilities to ensure security measures are in place to reduce the risk that dangerous chemicals are weaponized.
CISA’s ChemLock program is a completely voluntary program that provides facilities that possess dangerous chemicals no-cost services and tools to help them better understand the risks they face and improve their chemical security posture in a way tha
The ANSP is a proposed regulatory program that seeks to reduce the likelihood of a terrorist attack involving the misuse of ammonium nitrate by creating a registration program for purchasers and sellers.
CISA in collaboration with the Chemical Sector Coordinating Council (SCC) hosts the annual Chemical Security Summit, the signature industry event for chemical representatives across the chemical and interconnected sectors—including energy, communications, transportation, and water—to learn, share perspectives, and engage in dialogue.
Request services that help facilities that possess dangerous chemicals understand their potential vulnerabilities and identify security options for addressing them.
Explore CISA's robust offering of chemical security training opportunities.
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For more information about the chemical security regulatory programs, please email CFATS@hq.dhs.gov.
For more information on the ChemLock voluntary program please email ChemLock@cisa.dhs.gov.
For technical assistance with the Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) or related CFATS questions, call the CSAT Help Desk at 1-866-323-2957 or email CSAT@hq.dhs.gov from Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (ET).
