Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and Homeland Security (HS)

Special Documents

Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness, brings together facts on disaster survival techniques, disaster-specific information, and how to prepare for and respond to both natural and man-made disasters. February, 2003
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Library of Congress Report? Homeland Security: Standards for State and Local Preparedness? (standards related to the needs of the newly created U.S. DHS), January 2003 (119Kb, 26 pgs)

The President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board released to the public the "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace - Draft for Comment,? Sept. 18, 2002. (The comment period has closed.)

Gilmore Commission Releases Fourth Annual Report, Dec. 16, 2002 (click on link for Web page with documents)

Cyber Attacks During the War on Terrorism: A Predictive Analysis, Sept. 22, 2001 (438Kb, 29 pgs)

GAO Report to the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, April 2001 (1.1Mb, 108 pgs)

Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change - The Phase III Report of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century, February 15, 2001 (764K PDF, 156 pages)

Report of the President of the United States on the Status of Federal Critical Infrastructure Protection Activities, January, 2001 (745K PDF, 209 pages)

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS (I&C) SECTOR EXPERIENCES INDUSTRY REPORT, presenter: Matthew Flanigan, TIA; Feb. 22, 2000 (102K PDF, 6 pages)

National Partnership Planning Retreat National Partnership Planning Retreat INDUSTRY REPORT, presenter: Matthew Flanigan, TIA; Feb. 22, 2000 (42K PDF, 23 slides)

A NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY FOR A NEW CENTURY; THE WHITE HOUSE, DECEMBER 1999 (196K PDF, 52 pages) ** See page 17 of the document (page 20 of the PDF file) for the section on CIP **

NATIONAL PLAN FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROTECTION, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; THE WHITE HOUSE, DECEMBER 1999 (661K PDF, 39 pages)

CIP PowerPoint Presentation, by Dan Bart, TIA VP of Standards & Technology; Nations and a World at Risk - TSACC report March 24, 1999 (56K PDF, 33 slides)

National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace : This document outlines an initial framework for both organizing and prioritizing efforts; providing direction to the federal government departments and agencies that have roles in cyberspace security. It also identifies steps that state and local governments, private companies and organizations, and individual Americans can take to improve our collective cybersecurity. Additionally, the Strategy highlights the role of public-private engagement, and due to the dynamics of cyberspace, may require adjustments and amendments over time. (550K PDF, 76 pages)

National Strategy for Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets : This document identifies national goals and objectives and outlines the guiding principles that will underpin efforts to secure the infrastructures and assets vital to national security, governance, public health and safety, economy and public confidence. This Strategy also provides a unifying organization and identifies specific initiatives to drive near-term national protection priorities and inform the resource allocation process. Most importantly, it establishes a foundation for building and fostering the cooperative environment in which government, industry, and private citizens can carry out their respective protection responsibilities effectively and efficiently. (1.3 MB, 96 pages)