Nevada Homeland Security

Critical Infrastructure

Critical Infrastructure (CI) are systems, assets, and services that are necessary to ensure security, safety, and health. CI support the region’s economy and maintain public confidence. Destruction or compromise of any of these systems or services would have a debilitating impact on the area either directly, through interdependencies or from cascading effects.

Key resources are publicly or privately controlled resources essential to the minimal operations of the economy and government.

Critical Infrastructure are divided into18 Sectors including

Agriculture and Food
Chemical & Hazardous Materials Industry
Defense Industrial Base
Government Facilities
Nuclear Power Plants
Telecommunications
Banking and Finance
Critical Manufacturing
Emergency Services
Information Technology
Postal & Shipping
Transportation
Commercial Assets
Dams
Energy
National Monuments and Icons
Public Health
Water and Water Treatment Systems

Lake Tahoe

Critical Infrastructure Protection Plan (CIPP)

The Critical Infrastructure Protection Plan includes the following:

Identify public and private sector resources that meet the definition of critical infrastructure.
Determine thresholds for each sector that define when a particular asset is considered critical.
Develop a methodology for prioritizing resources and create a ranked list of critical infrastructure.
Identify vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure sectors and methods for security protection planning.
Be aware of other locations of interest throughout the state that may not meet the specific DHS guidelines

www.dhs.gov/nipp

The National Infrastructure Protection Plan

The National Infrastructure Protection Planand supporting Sector-Specific Plans (SSPs) provide a coordinated approach to critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) protection roles and responsibilities for federal, state, local, tribal, and private sector security partners. The NIPP sets national priorities, goals, and requirements for effective distribution of funding and resources which will help ensure that our government, economy, and public services continue in the event of a terrorist attack or other disaster.

http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/programs/editorial_0827.shtm

Lake Mead

The Sector Specific Plans

The Sector Specific Plans (SSP) provide the means by which the NIPP is implemented across all critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) sectors, as well as a national framework for each sector to address its unique characteristics and risk landscape. This coordinated approach applies federal funding and resources in the most effective manner to manage risk.

Each of the Sector-Specific Agencies developed a Sector Specific Plan that details the application of the NIPP framework to the unique characteristics and risk landscape of their sector.

http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/programs/gc_1179866197607.shtm

Hoover Dam

The Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Program

The Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Program is an information protection program that enhances information sharing between the private sector and the government. The Department of Homeland Security and other federal, state and local analysts use PCII to:

Analyze and secure critical infrastructure and protected systems,
Identify vulnerabilities and develop risk assessments, and
Enhance recovery preparedness measures.

PCII cannot be used for regulatory purposes and can only be accessed in accordance with strict safeguarding and handling requirements. Submissions that do not meet the requirements are destroyed or returned to the submitter.

http://www.dhs.gov/xinfoshare/programs/editorial_0404.shtm

Carson City, NV Capitol Building

Silver Shield

Silver Shield, Nevada’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Program implements the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) and incorporates its risk management framework into the program’s overall objectives. Having initially formed with the mandate to conduct physical security assessments of critical infrastructure/key asset sites, the program has evolved to identify, prioritize, and assess risks regarding infrastructure, assets, systems, networks and functions critical to the state’s economic security, public health and safety. Silver Shield is to provide the greatest degree of mitigation to the greatest number of owner/users; establish private sector coordination; and distribute and or otherwise make available infrastructure data.

Current Silver Shield Objectives include:

Identify, capture and catalog Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources (CI/KR) in Nevada
Assist public and private sectors in formulating and updating emergency response plans
Ensure that emergency response plans are available to dispatchers and first responders
Establish an ongoing Infrastructure Liaison Officer (ILO) information exchange program
Establish community education program and centralize report collection
Deploy the Terrorism Liaison Officer (TLO) awareness campaign
Develop framework for sector cooperation and information protection of CI/KR data
Conduct assessment of state surface transportation assets in urban centers
Integrate CI/KR protection process into planning for special/major events

Buffer Zone Protection Program:

The BZPP is a grant program designed to provide resources to State, local, and tribal law enforcement and other security professionals to enhance security of priority CI/KR facilities, thereby making it more difficult for terrorists to conduct surveillance or successfully launch an attack from the immediate vicinity of a potential target.

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/NIPP_Plan.pdf

Las Vegas Strip

ACAMS- Automated Critical Asset Management System

The Constellation/Automated Critical Asset Management System (C/ACAMS) is a Web-enabled information services portal that helps state and local governments build critical infrastructure/key resource (CIKR) protection programs in their local jurisdictions.

ACAMS is a secure, online database and database management platform that allows for the collection and management of CIKR asset data; the cataloguing, screening and sorting of this data; the production of tailored infrastructure reports; and the development of a variety of pre- and post-incident response plans useful to strategic and operational planners and tactical commanders

Constellation/Automated Critical Asset Management System

http://www.dhs.gov/xinfoshare/programs/gc_1190729724456.shtm

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7establishes a national policy for Federal departments and agencies to identify and prioritize critical infrastructure and to protect them from terrorist attacks. The directive defines relevant terms and delivers 31 policy statements. These policy statements define what the directive covers and the roles various federal, state, and local agencies will play in carrying it out.

http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/laws/gc_1214597989952.shtm