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Department of Homeland Security Site Assistance Visit

Department of Homeland Security Site Assistance Visit. Department History and Mission. Created by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 Activated on March 1, 2003 Absorbed 22 agencies Mission Prevent terrorist attacks within the United States Reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism

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Department of Homeland Security Site Assistance Visit

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  1. Department of Homeland Security Site Assistance Visit

  2. Department History and Mission • Created by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 • Activated on March 1, 2003 • Absorbed 22 agencies • Mission • Prevent terrorist attacks within the United States • Reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism • Minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur

  3. National Protection & Programs Organization Under Secretary for National Protection & Programs Chief of Staff Assistant Secretary Cyber Security & Communications Assistant Secretary Inter-Governmental Programs Assistant Secretary Infrastructure Protection Director Risk Management & Analysis Director US-VISIT

  4. CI/KR Protective Security Coordination Division (PSCD) Mission Statement The Protective Security Coordination Division (PSCD) will reduce the Nation’s vulnerability to terrorism and deny the use of critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) as a weapon by developing, coordinating, integrating, and implementing plans and programs that identify, catalog, prioritize (using a risk-based approach), and protect CI/KR in cooperation with all levels of government and private sector partners.

  5. PSCD Vulnerability Identification and Reduction Efforts • Site Assistance Visit (SAV) • Buffer Zone Protection Plan • Comprehensive Review

  6. Site Assistance Visit (SAV) Objectives Site Assistance Visit (SAV) • Provide SAV information to fulfill DHS mission • Identify and document Critical infrastructure/Key Resource vulnerabilities • Provide information for protective measures planning and resource allocation • Identify and document protective measures for HSAS threat levels • Support the threat/vulnerability mapping process • Provide a foundation for developing common vulnerability/potential indicator of terrorism/protective measure papers • Provide private sector with key information (comparative statistics, feedback, lessons learned, best practices)

  7. HSPD-7 Subject: Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection SAV Objectives (Continued) • Align SAV with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7), National Infrastructure Protection Plan Guidance, and Sector Specific Agency Plans • Conduct vulnerability assessments within and across sectors, analyzing interdependencies, and prioritizing CI/KR nationally • Identify and implement protective strategies where appropriate • Coordinate and communicate with the private sector • Measure and communicate program effectiveness Sector-Specific Agency Plans

  8. Building on the NIPP NIPP Base Plan (June 2006) • Incorporates extensive State, local, and private sector input • Articulates the value proposition • Expands risk management framework: • Risk framework is based on threat, vulnerability, and consequences • Focuses on assets, systems, networks, and functions • Strengthens information sharing and protection to include the “information sharing life-cycle” • Forms the State and Local Homeland Security Coordinating Council • Integrates international initiatives • Clarifies the annual reporting and resource allocation processes • Establishes a “steady-state” of security across critical infrastructure/key resource (CI/KR) sectors

  9. NIPP Goal Build a safer, more secure, and more resilient America by enhancing protection of the Nation’s CI/KR to prevent, deter, neutralize, or mitigate the effects of deliberate efforts by terrorists to destroy, incapacitate, or exploit them; and enabling national preparedness, timely response, and rapid recovery in the event of an attack, natural disaster, or other emergency.

  10. Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) • Protect facility information • Federal Register 6 CFR Part 29 • Participants form an Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) • Facility has 14 days to review • Facility controls distribution

  11. Report Resulting from SAV Unclassified Site Assistance Visit (SAV) Unclassified FY2006 • Critical asset and Significant Asset or Area considerations • Threat information • Open source threat information • Vulnerability considerations • Options for considerations • Protective measure resources • Links to useful reference materials • Links to useful organizations • Open source review

  12. Characteristics and Common Vulnerabilities Potential Indicators of Terrorist Activity Reports Developed from SAVs Increase Awareness & Improve Understanding Preemptive and Protective Actions to Mitigate Vulnerabilities, Reduce the Probability of Successful Attacks, and Eliminate the Need for Special Security Measures • Common characteristics, components, and applicable standards • Consequences of events • Common vulnerabilities • Terrorist targeting objectives • Activity indicators

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