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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.
C/ACAMS provides a set of tools and resources that help law enforcement, public safety and emergency response personnel
Using C/ACAMS also provides state and local jurisdictions with a practical way to implement the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), including the NIPP Risk Management Framework.
C/ACAMS users have access to two resources: the Constellation analytical tool and the Automated Critical Asset Management System (ACAMS).
The Constellation portion of C/ACAMS is an information gathering and analysis tool that allows users to search a range of free and subscription reporting sources to find relevant information tailored to their jurisdiction's needs.
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.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) provides C/ACAMS to state and local jurisdictions at no cost.
C/ACAMS is used by a wide variety of organizations responsible for building, implementing, and operating CIKR protection programs at the state and local level. Individual users are typically state and local emergency responders, such as infrastructure protection planners, homeland security officials, law enforcement personnel, and emergency managers. These users have official infrastructure protection or homeland security responsibilities and have completed C/ACAMS and PCII training. Users in more than 29 U.S. states and territories participate in the C/ACAMS program.
C/ACAMS is a Web-based tool accessible via an unclassified, password-protected Internet portal. C/ACAMS accounts are granted by the Department to authorized state and local emergency responders, emergency managers, homeland security officials and other personnel with official infrastructure protection responsibilities following authorized C/ACAMS training.
The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Infrastructure Protection, in collaboration with FEMA's National Preparedness Directorate (NPD), provides instruction on C/ACAMS through the CIKR Asset Protection Technical Assistance Program (CAPTAP). The CAPTAP service assists state and local law enforcement, emergency responders, emergency managers, and other homeland security officials understand the steps necessary to develop and implement comprehensive CIKR protection programs using C/ACAMS as a tool to support these programs.
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Request CAPTAP technical assistance application (PDF, 1 page - 57 KB)
For questions unique to you and your jurisdiction:
703-235-3939
E-mail: ACAMS-info@hq.dhs.gov
C/ACAMS Project Office
Infrastructure Information Collection Division
Office of Infrastructure Protection
Department of Homeland Security
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This page was last reviewed/modified on October 14, 2008.