Utility resilience at Department of Defense installations : issues and risk mitigation / Denise Larson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Larson, Denise, editor.

Series:

Defense, security and strategy series.

Defense, Security and Strategies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Management.

United States.

Military bases, American--United States--Management.

Military bases, American.

Infrastructure (Economics)--Security measures--United States.

Infrastructure (Economics).

United States--Armed Forces--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (124 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

Continuity of operations at Department of Defense (DOD) installations is vital to supporting the department's missions, and the disruption of utility services--such as electricity and potable water, among others--can threaten this support. DOD installations have experienced utility disruptions resulting in operational and fiscal impacts due to hazards such as mechanical failure and extreme weather. Threats, such as cyber attacks, also have the potential to cause disruptions. This book addresses whether threats and hazards have caused utility disruptions on DOD installations and, if so, what impacts they have had; the extent to which DOD's collection and reporting on utility disruptions is comprehensive and accurate; and the extent to which DOD has taken actions and developed and implemented guidance to mitigate risks to operations at its installations in the event of utility disruption. Moreover, DOD relies overwhelmingly on commercial electrical power grids for secure, uninterrupted electrical power supplies to support its critical assets. This book also examines the extent to which DOD's most critical assets are vulnerable to disruptions in electrical power supplies and the extent to which DOD--both within and outside of the Defense Critical Infrastructure Program--has attempted to assure the availability of electrical power supplies to its most critical assets.

Contents:

UTILITY RESILIENCE AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS ISSUES AND RISK MITIGATION ; UTILITY RESILIENCE AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS ISSUES AND RISK MITIGATION ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE: IMPROVEMENTS IN DOD REPORTING AND CYBERSECURITY IMPLEMENTATION NEEDED TO ENHANCE UTILITY RESILIENCE PLANNING* ; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY ; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS ; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND ; DOD Installations Depend on Utility Services from a Variety of Sources

DOD Roles and Responsibilities for Management of Utility Services on DOD InstallationsDOD Collaborates with Various Federal Agencies with Responsibilities for Protecting Critical Utility Infrastructure ; Cybersecurity Concerns, Industrial Control Systems, and Their Role on DOD Installations ; HAZARDS CAUSED UTILITY DISRUPTIONS RESULTING IN OPERATIONAL AND FISCAL IMPACTS; PHYSICAL AND CYBER THREATS POSE SIMILAR IMPACTS ; DOD and Selected Installations Reported Utility Disruptions for Fiscal Years 2012 through 2014

Hazards Have Caused Utility Disruptions, with Operational and Fiscal Impacts, and Threats Have the Potential to Cause Such ImpactsDOD COLLECTS AND REPORTS UTILITY DISRUPTION DATA, BUT ITS DATA ARE NOT COMPREHENSIVE AND SOME ARE NOT ACCURATE ; DOD Has a 5-Month Process to Collect and Report on Utility Disruption Data, and Uses These Data in a Number of Ways ; DOD's Collection and Reporting of Utilities Disruption Data Are Not Comprehensive and Some Data Are Not Accurate

THE MILITARY SERVICES HAVE TAKEN ACTIONS AND IMPLEMENTED DOD GUIDANCE TO MITIGATE RISKS OF UTILITY DISRUPTIONS BUT FACE CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING CYBERSECURITY GUIDANCE FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS Military Services Have Taken Actions and Implemented DOD Guidance to Mitigate Utility Disruptions ; DOD Updated Cybersecurity Guidance for Industrial Control Systems, and the Military Services Have Taken Initial Steps to Implement the Guidance ; The Military Services Face Challenges Implementing Cybersecurity Guidance for Industrial Control Systems ; CONCLUSION

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION ; APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY ; APPENDIX II: PREVIOUS GAO WORK ON THE VULNERABILITIES OF UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE ; End Notes ; End Notes for Appendix I ; End Notes for Appendix II ; Chapter 2 DEFENSE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIONS NEEDED TO IMPROVE THE IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRICAL POWER RISKS AND VULNERABILITIES TO DOD CRITICAL ASSETS*; ABBREVIATIONS ; RESULTS IN BRIEF ; BACKGROUND ; DOD's Vulnerability to Electrical Power Disruptions ; DCIP ; Other Risk Management Programs and Activities in DOD

Other Agencies and Organizations with Roles in Risk Management

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-572-2