Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age
Headline: Creates Board to Protect Critical Information Systems Nationwide
What it does: Agencies must coordinate through a new Presidential board to protect information systems, emergency communications, and supporting physical assets.
- Establishes a national board coordinating federal efforts to protect information systems.
- Promotes voluntary public-private partnerships with industry and state and local governments.
- Sets responsibilities for outreach, incident response, research, and law enforcement coordination.
Summary
This order creates a President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board to coordinate efforts to secure the nation's information systems, emergency preparedness communications, and the physical assets that support them.
It directs federal departments and agencies to provide and fund adequate security programs and to work with private companies, State and local governments, and communities.
The goal is to reduce disruptions to people, the economy, essential services such as energy, transportation, and health care, and national security.
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