CISA plans to update national strategy for protecting critical infrastructure sectors

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is working on a “refresh” of its National Infrastructure Protection Plan based on ongoing work with industry to protect critical private-sector assets.

The plan builds on the efforts of sector-specific agencies and their stakeholders to “pull together a risk management framework and roadmap for that sector,” CISA Director Christopher Krebs said at a conference today. The frameworks are intended “to understand the specific risks presented within that sector and what are the strategies we...