Official website of the Department of Homeland Security
National Protection and Programs Directorate
NPPD’s vision is a safe, secure, and resilient infrastructure where the American way of life can thrive. NPPD leads the national effort to protect and enhance the resilience of the nation’s physical and cyber infrastructure.
- View NPPD at a Glance (PDF - 2 pages, 1 MB)
- View the National Protection and Programs Directorate Organizational Chart (PDF - 1 page, 65.39 KB)
- Learn more about the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)
NPPD Vision and Mission
NPPD Vision
A safe, secure, and resilient infrastructure where the American way of life can thrive.
NPPD Mission
We lead the national effort to protect and enhance the resilience of the nation's physical and cyber infrastructure.
Divisions
The components of the National Protection and Programs Directorate include:
The Federal Protective Service
The Federal Protective Service protects Federal Facilities, their occupants, and visitors by providing superior law enforcement and protective security services and leveraging our access to the intelligence and information resources of our network of federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners.
Office of Biometric Identity Management
The Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM), formerly US-VISIT, provides biometric identity services to DHS and its mission partners that advance informed decision making by producing accurate, timely, and high fidelity biometric identity information while protecting individuals’ privacy and civil liberties.
Office of Cybersecurity and Communications
The Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C) has the mission of assuring the security, resiliency, and reliability of the nation’s cyber and communications infrastructure.
Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis
The Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis (OCIA) provides consolidated all-hazards consequence analysis ensuring there is an understanding and awareness of cyber and physical critical infrastructure interdependencies and the impact of a cyber threat or incident to the Nation’s critical infrastructure.
Office of Infrastructure Protection
The Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) leads the coordinated national effort to reduce risk to our critical infrastructure posed by acts of terrorism. In doing so, the Department increases the nation's level of preparedness and the ability to respond and quickly recover in the event of an attack, natural disaster, or other emergency.