Critical Infrastructure
Critical infrastructures are defined as …
. . those systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.
The Department of Homeland Security defines the sixteen Critical Infrastructures:
- Chemical
- Commercial Facilities
- Communications
- Critical Manufacturing
- Dams
- Defense Industrial Base
- Emergency Services
- Energy
- Financial Services
- Food and Agriculture
- Government Facilities
- Healthcare and Public Health
- Information Technology
- Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste
- Transportation Systems
- Water and Wastewater Systems
http://www.dhs.gov/critical-infrastructure-sectors
Whether you are directly employed in one of these sixteen sectors, or are a concerned citizen who wants to learn more and to help protect our country, you are welcome to Join InfraGard!
