National Infrastructure Protection Plan

Overview

The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) and supporting Sector-Specific Plans (SSPs) provide a coordinated approach to critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) 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.

The plan is based on the following:

• Strong public-private partnerships which will foster relationships and facilitate coordination within and across CIKR sectors.
• Robust multi-directional information sharing which will enhance the ability to assess risks, make prudent security investments, and take protective action.
• Risk management framework establishing processes for combining consequence, vulnerability, and threat information to produce a comprehensive, systematic, and rational assessment of national or sector risk.

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Download the NIPP

• Full Version (PDF, 196 pages -  5 MB)
• Executive Summary (PDF, 6 pages - 297 KB)
• Main Body (no appendixes) (PDF, 122 pages - 3.8 MB)

For additional information on the plan or on how to obtain copies of the NIPP, please email us at NIPP@dhs.gov.

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Sector-Specific Plans (SSPs)

The SSPs 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. Read More

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More on the National Infrastructure Protection Plan

• National Infrastructure Protection Plan Overview (PDF, 2 pages - 728 KB)
• Sector Partnership Model (PDF, 2 pages - 651 KB)
• Sector Overview (PDF, 2 pages - 1.4 MB)
• Annual Report (PDF, 2 pages - 1.3 MB)
• Education, Outreach, and Awareness (PDF, 2 pages - 1.9 MB)
• Information Sharing (PDF, 2 pages - 541 KB)
• International Issues for CI/KR Protection (PDF, 2 pages - 1.3 MB)
• Risk Management Framework (PDF, 2 pages - 441 KB)
• Sector Plans (PDF, 2 pages - 340 KB)

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NIPP Training Course

• IS-860 National Infrastructure Protection Plan - FEMA Independent Study Course provides an introduction to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan.

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Authorities

• The National Strategy for Homeland Security  
• Homeland Security Act of  2002  
• National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace  
• National Strategy for Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7: Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection

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