NIPP

40886Our Nation’s well-being relies upon secure and resilient critical infrastructure—the assets, systems, and networks that underpin American society. The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) — NIPP 2013: Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience — outlines how government and private sector participants in the critical infrastructure community work together to manage risks and achieve security and resilience outcomes.

Review the NIPP and identify how the government and private sectors work together to manage risks while achieving security outcomes. Expand the discussion to include how this order is important in how the nation changed its view on the importance in protecting critical infrastructure and why protecting critical infrastructure important to US national security interests?