Critical infrastructure

Critical infrastructure is a term used in the USA's National Strategy for Homeland Security, which was issued in July 2002; it is defined as those "systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitation impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters."

Related Topics:
USA - National Strategy for Homeland Security

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The thirteen sectors of critical infrastructures and the agency liaisons identified by the National Strategy for Homeland Security are the following:

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• Agriculture ? Department of Agriculture
• Food ? Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services
• Water ? Environmental Protection Agency
• Public Health ? Department of Health and Human Services
• Emergency Services ? Department of Homeland Security
• Government ? Department of Homeland Security
• Defense Industrial Base ? Department of Defense
• Information and Telecommunications ? Department of Homeland Security
• Energy ? Department of Energy
• Transportation ? Department of Homeland Security
• Banking and Finance ? Department of the Treasury
• Chemical Industry and Hazardous Materials ? Department of Homeland Security
• Postal and Shipping ? Department of Homeland Security