Critical infrastructure protection : DHS could better manage security surveys and vulnerability assessments : report to Congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

Caldwell, Stephen L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Homeland Security--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Homeland Security.

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

Infrastructure (Economics).

National security--United States.

National security.

Infrastructure (Economics)--Security measures.

Genre:

Rules and practice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 82 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

DHS could better manage security surveys and vulnerability assessments

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2012]

Summary:

Natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, and terrorist attacks, such as the 2005 bombings in London, highlight the importance of protecting CIKR, assets and systems vital to the economy or health of the nation. DHS issued the NIPP in June 2006 (updated in 2009) to provide the approach for integrating the nation's CIKR. Because the private sector owns most of the nation's CIKR, for example, energy production facilities, DHS encourages asset owners and operators to voluntarily participate in surveys or vulnerability assessments of existing security measures at those assets. This includes nationally significant CIKR that DHS designates as high priority. In response to a request, this report assesses the extent to which DHS has (1) taken action to conduct surveys and assessments among high-priority CIKR, (2) shared the results of these surveys and assessments with asset owners or operators, and (3) assessed the effectiveness of surveys and assessments and identified actions taken, if any, to improve them. GAO, among other things, reviewed laws, analyzed data identifying high-priority assets and activities performed from fiscal years 2009 through 2011, and interviewed DHS officials. GAO recommends that, among other things, DHS develop plans for its efforts to improve the collection and organization of data and the timeliness of survey and assessment results, and gather and act upon additional information from asset owners and operators about why improvements were or were not made. DHS concurred with the recommendations.

Notes:

Title from cover screen (viewed on June 30, 2012).

"May 2012."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-12-378."

OCLC:

797382578