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Resilience Services

We provide the methods and guidance needed to secure and enhance the resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure.

Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

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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 training 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.

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

Resilience Planning

Collaborating with infrastructure stakeholders at all levels to plan, design, and implement solutions that enhance the security and resilience of critical infrastructure against a variety of threats.

Resource Library

Marine Transportation System Resilience Assessment Guide

PUBLICATION
The MTS Guide integrates the expertise and experiences of partner agencies, available information sources, methodologies, and data sets into a repeatable, step-by-step framework for conducting resilience assessment within the maritime domain.
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Security Assessment at First Entry (SAFE) Fact Sheet

DEC 04, 2020 | PUBLICATION
The Security Assessment at First Entry (SAFE) factsheet provides an overview of the assessment designed to rapidly evaluate a facility's current security posture and identify options for facility owners and operators to mitigate relevant threats.
Download File (PDF, 134.47 KB)

Infrastructure Visualization Platform (IVP) Fact Sheet

APR 29, 2014 | PUBLICATION
The Infrastructure Visualization Platform (IVP) is a data collection and presentation tool that supports critical infrastructure security, special event planning, and responsive operations.
Download File (PDF, 319.49 KB)

Regional Resiliency Assessment Program (RRAP) Fact Sheet

MAY 22, 2014 | PUBLICATION
The goal of the Regional Resiliency Assessment Program (RRAP) is to generate greater understanding and action among private and public sector partners to improve the resilience of a region's critical infrastructure.
Download File (PDF, 132.63 KB)

Methodology for Assessing Regional Infrastructure Resilience

OCT 29, 2021 | PUBLICATION
The goal of this document is to distill lessons from more than 10 years of RRAP projects and articulate a generalizable, repeatable methodology for conducting voluntary regional infrastructure resilience assessments that stakeholders can tailor and apply to their own needs.
Download File (PDF, 23.21 MB)

Methodology for Assessing Regional Infrastructure Resilience Fact Sheet

OCT 29, 2021 | PUBLICATION
The application of this methodology is intended to bolster capabilities of organizations, communities, and regions to analyze, understand, and improve the resilience of critical infrastructure systems nationwide.
Download File (PDF, 870.93 KB)

Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework (IRPF)

The Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework (IRPF) enables the incorporation of security and resilience considerations in critical infrastructure planning and investment decisions.
Download File (PDF, 5.78 MB)

Drought Guide

PUBLICATION
A quick guide to drought forecasts and how drought can affect infrastructure operations and provide mitigation planning tools.
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Infrastructure Dependency Primer Fact Sheet

PUBLICATION
A general resource in the IRPF for understanding key critical infrastructure systems, upstream and downstream dependencies, stakeholder involvement, and resilience solutions.
Download File (PDF, 213.61 KB)

Multi-Asset and System Assessment (MASA) Fact Sheet

OCT 29, 2021 | PUBLICATION
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.
Download File (PDF, 827.52 KB)

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.

Latest News

Nov 22, 2022
Press Release

CISA Updates the Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework

Nov 01, 2022
Press Release

CISA Applauds the Beginning of Infrastructure Security Month Declaring Infrastructure Security is National Security

Feb 18, 2022
Press Release

CISA Releases New Insight to Help Critical Infrastructure Owners Prepare for and Mitigate Foreign Influence Operations

Feb 09, 2022
Press Release

CISA, City of St. Louis and Local Partners Conduct Exercise to Keep Water Supply Safe

Contact Us

To request a service or ask a question about infrastructure resilience, please send an email to Resilience@cisa.dhs.gov.

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