Resilience Services | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA

Vision

The Resilience Services Branch is the authoritative source for methods and guidance to secure and enhance the resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure systems.

Mission

The mission of the Resilience Services Branch (RSB) is to enhance the security and resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure assets and systems by developing and deploying methods, capabilities, and guidance for assessment of security and resilience of critical infrastructure assets and systems, and implementation of resilience-based approaches in local and regional planning.

Meaningful progress toward enhancing the security and resilience of critical infrastructure assets and systems to the threats of today and the emerging threats of the future, whether due to natural, technological, or man-made causes, requires coordinated action by government at all levels, private sector owner-operators, businesses, and individuals. RSB staff and contractor expertise not only delivers methods, capabilities, and guidance, but assistance in the application of these resources by CISA staff and external users. RSB also uses its deep experience, expertise, and unique perspective to advise CISA leadership and inform actions by CISA and other federal agency partners to encourage actions that lead to greater resilience nationally.

RSB accomplishes capacity-building through three lines of effort: develop assessment and planning guidance, capabilities, and resources, conduct assessments, and build strategic partnerships.

RSB’s lines of effort are mutually supportive and underscores Infrastructure Security Division’s strategic priorities and planning efforts. As RSB conducts regional infrastructure resilience assessments, CISA strengthens its partnerships with those organizations, and develops capabilities and resources which can be utilized by other stakeholders.

Conduct assessments, analysis, and support planning: lead efforts to enhance the understanding of, and drive collective action on, infrastructure security and resilience challenges – by, with, and through integrated planning and assessment capabilities to enhance resilience. The complimentary processes of assessments and planning highlights RSB’s unique capability to support and empower stakeholders.

Infrastructure Security and Resilience Assessments

CISA conducts specialized security and resilience assessments on the nation’s critical infrastructure. These voluntary assessments allow us to better understand and manage risk while enabling efficient response and restoration in all post-event situations.

Learn more about Critical Infrastructure Assessments

Security Assessment at First Entry (SAFE)

Security Assessment at First Entry (SAFE) is a stand-alone assessment featuring standard language, high level vulnerabilities, and options for consideration. It is designed to assess current security posture and produce a report in under two hours.

Infrastructure Survey Tool (IST)

The Infrastructure Survey Tool (IST) is a voluntary, web-based assessment to identify and document the overall security and resilience of the facility.

Infrastructure Visualization Platform (IVP)

The Infrastructure Visualization Platform (IVP) is a data collection and presentation medium that combines immersive imagery, geospatial information, and hypermedia data of critical facilities and surrounding areas.

Multi-Asset and System Assessment (MASA)

The Multi-Asset and System Assessment (MASA) is an interactive decision analysis tool intended for systems or campuses with a single owner to assess the enterprise as a whole and its individual assets.

Regional Resiliency Assessment Program (RRAP)

The goal of the Regional Resiliency Assessment Program (RRAP) is to generate greater understanding and action among public and private sector partners to improve the resilience of a region’s critical infrastructure.

Resilience Planning

The multi-asset and system assessment (MASA) is an interactive decision analysis tool intended for systems or campuses with a single owner to assess the enterprise as a whole and its individual assets.

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Subject Matter Experts Network

Resilient Investment, Planning and Development Working Group (RIPDWG)

RIPDWG is a network of public and private subject matter experts chartered through the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council framework and sponsored by ISD to advise the federal government and national infrastructure partnership.