Question

• 1.In your own words, define critical infrastructure protection (CIP) and the goals of CIP. Provide 3 examples.
• 2. In your own words, define critical infrastructure assessment (CIA) and the goals associated with CIA. Provide 3 examples.
• 3. Using Chapter 9 of the Brown (2006) text, succinctly explain the primary purpose of Presidential Decision Directive 63 (PDD 63)
• 4. UsingChapter 10 of the Brown (2006) text, in your opinion, from a business perspective, is the Department of Homeland Security a necessary government agency? Explain.

Answer 1

1.

Critical infrastructure protection (CIP) refers to a perception that correlates with attentiveness and response to grave and severe confrontations that comprises of protection to critical infrastructures in US. Furthermore it’s a national program envisaged to ensure the protection of susceptible and interrelated significant and crucial infrastructures in US.

In May 1998 President Bill Clinton issued the presidential directive on critical infrastructure protection and this made it possible for the need to identify and acknowledge infrastructures of national importance and significance which indeed helped to ensure the economic security of US.

Furthermore critical infrastructure protection main goal is to recognize and acknowledge public and private sector resources which are considered to be critical in nature, develop a technique to prioritize the resources, recognize and acknowledge the critical infrastructure sectors and develop appropriate and significant techniques toward its security and protection.

2.

US Department of Protective Security Coordination Division transmits specific ground assessments to recognize and acknowledge susceptibilities, inter-reliance, potentialities and tumbling consequences of brunt and blows on the nation’s critical infrastructure.

Critical infrastructure vulnerability assessments are the establishment of National Infrastructure Protection Plan’s risk-based implementation of protective programs premeditated to avert, discourage and alleviate the risk of a terrorist attack while facilitating timely, well-organized reaction and re-establishment in an all hazard post-event situation.

Attentiveness, awareness and vigilant efforts are designed to reduce the risks associated with nation’s infrastructure and its citizens. Furthermore level of risk faced by a region is enumerated through threat, vulnerability, and consequence and tackling each of these elements individually enables US to build a unified and organized policy which indeed facilitates to lessen the related risks.

3.

US Presidential directive or executive action is referred to as a written or oral instruction or declaration issued to draw upon the powers vested in the president by the constitution and such directives were considered to be issued since the early days of Federal government.

Presidential directives remain in effect until they are revoked which the president is free to do. Furthermore categorization of presidential directives cannot be done easily as the distinction between the types can be quite arbitrary arising from convenience and bureaucratic evolution and none are defined in the Constitution. In terms of legal applicability what matters is the substance of the directive not the form unless a certain kind of directive is specifically required by relevant statute.

4.

US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of US federal government with responsibilities in public security. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is accountable for ensuring the safety and security of US from terrorist attacks and other disasters.

It was formed after 11 September 2000 terrorist attacks; DHS is largely concerned with dealing terrorism, border security, customs and emergency administration. The department’s formation to deal with terrorism indeed resulted in considerable controversy and criticism including accusations of violating civil liberties.