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Critical Manufacturing Sector

CISA identifies, assesses, prioritizes, and protects manufacturing industries with national significance to prevent and mitigate the impact of manmade of natural disasters.

Sector Details

The Critical Manufacturing Sector is crucial to the economic prosperity and continuity of the United States. A direct attack on or disruption of certain elements of the manufacturing industry could disrupt essential functions at the national level and across multiple critical infrastructure sectors. 

Overview

The Critical Manufacturing Sector identified several industries to serve as the core of the sector: 

  • Primary Metals Manufacturing 

    • Iron and Steel Mills and Ferro Alloy Manufacturing 

    • Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing 

    • Nonferrous Metal Production and Processing 

  • Machinery Manufacturing 

    • Engine and Turbine Manufacturing 

    • Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing 

    • Earth Moving, Mining, Agricultural, and Construction Equipment Manufacturing 

  • Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing 

    • Electric Motor Manufacturing 

    • Transformer Manufacturing 

    • Generator Manufacturing 

  • Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 

    • Vehicles and Commercial Ships Manufacturing 

    • Aerospace Products and Parts Manufacturing 

    • Locomotives, Railroad and Transit Cars, and Rail Track Equipment Manufacturing 

Products made by these manufacturing industries are essential to many other critical infrastructure sectors. The Critical Manufacturing Sector focuses on the identification, assessment, prioritization, and protection of nationally significant manufacturing industries within the sector that may be susceptible to manmade and natural disasters. 

Sector-Specific Plan

The Critical Manufacturing Sector-Specific Plan details how the National Infrastructure Protection Plan risk management framework is implemented within the context of the sector's unique characteristics and risk landscape. Each sector risk management agency develops a sector-specific plan through a coordinated effort involving its public and private sector partners. The Department of Homeland Security is the sector risk management agency for the Critical Manufacturing Sector. 

Critical Manufacturing Sector-Specific Plan - 2015 (PDF, 4.04 MB )

Sector Resources and Working Groups

Critical Manufacturing Sector Security Guide

JUL 22, 2020 | PUBLICATION
This guide consolidates effective industry security practices into a framework for Critical Manufacturing owners and operators to select and implement security activities and measures that promote the protection of personnel, public health, public safety, and public confidence.
Download File (PDF, 2.51 MB)

Critical Manufacturing Sector Risk Management Agency Fact Sheet

AUG 05, 2021 | PUBLICATION
This printer-friendly fact sheet lists a sampling of sector collaboration mechanisms, resources, and training materials.
Download File (PDF, 352.1 KB)

Critical Manufacturing Sector Joint Outreach Working Group

View the agendas for the CIPAC Critical Manufacturing Sector Joint Outreach Working Group.

Critical Manufacturing Sector: Council Charters and Membership

View the charters and membership lists for the Critical Manufacturing Sector.

Contact Us

For more information, please contact the Sector Risk Management Agency at criticalmanufacturingsector@cisa.dhs.gov