The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a national plan in June 2006 for sectors - such as public health, energy and transportation - to enhance the protection of critical infrastructure. This book determines if these plans address key aspects of cyber security, including cyber assets, key vulnerabilities, and recovery plans.

The nation's critical infrastructure sectors - such as public health, energy, water, and transportation -- rely on computerised information and systems to provide services to the public. To fulfil the requirement for a comprehensive plan, including cyber aspects, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a national plan in June 2006 for the sectors to use as a road map to enhance the protection of critical infrastructure. Lead federal agencies, referred to as sector-specific agencies, are responsible for co-ordinating critical infrastructure protection efforts, such as the development of plans that are specific to each sector. This book determines if these sector-specific plans address key aspects of cyber security, including cyber assets, key vulnerabilities, vulnerability reduction efforts, and recovery plans. To accomplish this, the authors analysed each sector-specific plan against criteria that were developed on the basis of DHS guidance. This book is an excerpted and indexed edition.