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FedIntel > Layers > Critical Infrastructure
The Critical Infrastructure layer provides operations centers and services for Critical Infrastructure operations. Operations centers include: the National Infrastructure Coordinating Council (NICC); and the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC). Under the NICC: the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC); the Critical Infrastructure Sector Partnership; the Government Cross-Sector Council (GCSC); the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security (PCIS); and the Policy Coordinating Committee (PCC). Under the CISP: provisioning of centers for each critical sector as defined in HSPD-7. Under each sector are centers for: Government Coordinating Councils (GCCs); Sector Coordinating Councils (SCCs); Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs); and members sites.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Critical infrastructure is a term used by governments to describe assets that are essential for the functioning of a society and economy. Most commonly associated with the term are facilities for:
- electricity generation, transmission and distribution;
- gas production, transport and distribution;
- oil and oil products production, transport and distribution;
- telecommunication;
- water supply (drinking water, waste water/sewage, stemming of surface water (e.g. dikes and sluices));
- agriculture, food production and distribution;
- heating (e.g. natural gas, fuel oil, district heating);
- public health (hospitals, ambulances);
- transportation systems (fuel supply, railway network, airports, harbours, inland shipping);
- financial services (banking, clearing);
- security services (police, military).
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