Module 1: Introduction to Critical Infrastructure
Module 1 Hands-on Activity
Overview:
This two-part assignment uses the online FEMA Emergency Management Institute courses and exam certifications that cover the following three topics:
- IS-860.C: The National Infrastructure Protection Plan, An Introduction
- IS-913.A: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience: Achieving Results through Partnership and Collaboration
The focus is on five key subject sectors that the National Infrastructure Protection Plan identifies as “Lifeline” sectors: Energy, Water and Wastewater Systems, Communications, Transportation Systems, and Emergency Services. This module gives students a better understanding of what those assets are, what components are considered “critical,” and how to identify them for entry into the IP Gateway that serves as the single interface through which Department of Homeland Security (DHS) partners can access its integrated infrastructure protection tools and information.
Hands On Activity Objectives:
| Module 1 Learning Objective # | Revised Bloom Taxonomy | Hands-On Activity Objectives | 860.C | 913 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Understand | Describe critical infrastructure, protection, and resilience in the context of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). | X | |
| 1.4 | Understand | Identify strategies and methods for achieving results through critical infrastructure partnerships. | X | |
| 1.7 | Understand | Discuss common standards bodies, such as the North American Electricity Reliability Council (NAERC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). | X | X |
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IS-860.C: The National Infrastructure Protection Plan, An Introduction
Course Date: 7/21/2015
Course Overview
Ensuring the security and resilience of the critical infrastructure of the United States is essential to the Nation’s security, public health and safety, economic vitality, and way of life. The purpose of this course is to present an overview of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). The NIPP provides the unifying structure for the integration of existing and future critical infrastructure security and resilience efforts into a single national program.
Course Objectives:
- Describe NIPP 2013 key concepts across the entire critical infrastructure community – including private sector and government at all levels.
- Describe the core tenets and the values and assumptions considered when planning for critical infrastructure security and resilience.
- Identify activities critical partners may implement to achieve national goals aimed at enhancing critical infrastructure security and resilience put forward in the NIPP 2013 Call to Action.
- Describe ways to apply these concepts to support security and resilience within your community or area of responsibility.
Primary Audience
The course is intended for DHS and other Federal staff responsible for implementing the NIPP, and Tribal, State, local and private sector emergency management professionals.
Prerequisites
None
CEUs:
0.2
Course Length:
2 hours
Grade Points: 100
IS-913.A: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience: Achieving Results through Partnership and Collaboration
Course Date: 11/1/2013
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to introduce the skills and tools to effectively achieve results for critical infrastructure security and resilience through partnership and collaboration.
The course provides an overview of the elements of and processes to develop and sustain successful critical infrastructure partnerships.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, the participants will be able to:
- Explain the value of partnerships to infrastructure security and resilience.
- Identify strategies to build successful critical infrastructure partnerships.
- Describe methods to work effectively in a critical infrastructure partnership.
- Identify processes and techniques used to sustain critical infrastructure partnerships.
- Identify strategies and methods for achieving results through critical infrastructure partnerships.
Primary Audience
The course is designed for critical infrastructure owners and operators from both the government and private sector and those with critical infrastructure duties and responsibilities at the State, local, tribal, and territorial levels.
Prerequisites
None.
CEUs:
0.2
Grade Points: 100
Course Length:
2 hours
