Chemical Sector Comprehensive Reviews
In conducting the voluntary Chemical Sector Comprehensive Review, the Office of Infrastructure Protection works closely with federal, state, and local homeland security authorities, as well as the private-sector owners and operators, to identify security enhancements and protective measures.
Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources
Protecting and ensuring the continuity of the critical infrastructure and key resources of the United States are essential to the nation's security, public health and safety, economic vitality, and way of life.
Critical Infrastructure: Chemical Security
The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for regulating security at high-risk chemical facilities. However, chemical security is not solely a federal responsibility; it is shared among federal, state, and local governments, as well as the private sector. Government and industry must work together to strengthen the security of America's chemical facilities, while not undercutting an important part of the nation's economy.
Cybersecurity: Make it a Habit
Cybersecurity is a responsibility of everyone that uses the Internet. By protecting against viruses and spyware, installing a firewall and updating your operating system, you protect yourself and others on the internet.
DNDO Agency Guidance on the GRaDER Progam
The GRaDER program establishes the current American National Standards Institute (ANSI) N42 consensus standards as the initial acceptable performance baseline for radiation detectors and contemplates the use of government-unique technical capability standards currently under development as the next overall performance objective.
Federal Protective Services
(ICE). Federal Protective Services conducts risk assessments, provides security and surveillance, and safety education, all as part of its primary mission to protect federal buildings and the people inside them.
IT Security Essential Body of Knowledge
(US-CERT) This umbrella document, a competency and functional framework for IT security workforce development, links competencies and functional perspectives to IT security roles.
Insider Threat Study
Secret Service). A collaborative effort designed to develop information to help private industry, government, and law enforcement better understand, detect and ultimately prevent harmful insider activity.
National Infrastructure Protection Plan
The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) provides a coordinated approach to critical infrastructure and key resource protection roles and responsibilities for federal, state, local, tribal, and private sector security partners.
National Strategy for Pandemic Flu
This strategy outlines the coordinated federal government efforts to prevent and prepare for avian and pandemic flu.
Nuclear Sector Comprehensive Reviews
Through the Nuclear Sector Comprehensive Reviews program, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Infrastructure Protection works closely with federal, state, and local homeland security authorities, as well as the private-sector owners and operators, to identify security enhancements and protective measures.
REAL ID
REAL ID is a nationwide effort to improve the integrity and security of state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards, which in turn will help fight terrorism and reduce fraud.
School Safety
To enhance school safety, the Department of Homeland Security offers funding, training, and resources for efforts such as providing money for emergency preparedness, training school bus drivers in security and hardening school buildings’ vulnerability.
Secure Flight Program
TSA). Secure Flight is designed to conduct uniform prescreening of passenger information against federal government watch lists for domestic and international flights.
Secure Freight Initiative
Under the Secure Freight Initiative, containers from identified ports are scanned for radiation and information risk factors before being allowed to depart for the United States. In the event of a detection alarm, both homeland security personnel and host country officials will simultaneously receive an alert.
Securing Our Nation’s Rail Systems
Efforts include managing risk and strengthening rail and transit systems by providing funding, training, technologies, and security assessments to stakeholders.
Small Vessel Security
Small Vessel Security Summits are being held to discuss the concerns and issues posed by small vessels being used by terrorists in the maritime domain of the United States.
TRIPWire
TRIPwire, the Technical Resource for Incident Prevention, provides the Nation’s law enforcement and emergency responders, including bomb squads, with up-to-date information on terrorist improvised explosive device (IED) threats.
United States Coast Guard
(USCG). The United States Coast Guard is the nation's leading maritime law enforcement agency, with responsibilities for drug interdiction, protecting U.S. fishing interests and agreements, and enforcement of immigration law at sea.