Critical Infrastructure Protection
What is Critical Infrastructure Protection?
Regulations and security measures to protect essential services and systems such as energy, water, transportation, and healthcare from disruption.
Terms that appear alongside critical infrastructure protection
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as critical infrastructure protection. The number is how many controls name both.
- critical infrastructure 8 shared controls
- cybersecurity 7 shared controls
- audit 3 shared controls
- gdpr 3 shared controls
- governance 3 shared controls
- complaint handling 2 shared controls
- authentication 2 shared controls
- physical security 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern critical infrastructure protection
What the standards actually require on critical infrastructure protection
Requirements naming critical infrastructure protection across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Per Papua New Guinea National Cybersecurity Policy and Cybercrime Act: critical infrastructure protection + national cybersecurity governance.
PNGCYBER-2 · Critical Infrastructure Protection and National Governance →Physical security measures must protect critical water supply and sewerage infrastructure from unauthorized access and sabotage.
SEMD-PS-1 · Critical Infrastructure Protection →The Privacy Protection (Data Security) Regulations 5777-2017 (Takhanot Hagannat Hapratiyot - Avtahat Meidah) supplement the 1981 Law with detailed technical and organisational security requirements + graduated by Security Level Classification (Basic/Medium/Hig...
IsraelPPL-DataSecurity-Regulations2017-ISO-CISO-Access-Logging-Backup-Physical-Removable-Annual-Audit · Israel POPL Data Security Regulations 5777-2017 + ISO Information Security Officer + Access Control + Logging + Backup + Physical Security + Removable Media + Risk Assessment + Penetration Testing + Annual Internal Audit + Amendment 13 Cyber Updates →FISMA status + 2024-2025 modernization + reform proposals. STATUS: FISMA 2014 (Public Law 113-283) remains in force; codified at 44 USC Chapter 35 Subchapter II;
FISMA-Status-2024-2025 · FISMA Status, 2024-2025 Modernization, OMB FISMA Report and Reform Proposals →Ghana CSA implementation status + Cybersecurity Strategy 2024-2028 + 2024-2025 pipeline. STATUS: Act 1038 in force since 6 January 2021; CSA Ghana operational with growing capacity; first CII designations 2021-2023 across all 13 sectors;
GhCSA-Status-2024-2025-Strategy-AI · Implementation Status, Cybersecurity Strategy 2024-2028 and 2024-2025 Pipeline →IEEE 1686 IEEE Standard for Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) Cyber Security Capabilities - copyrighted IEEE standard. Current edition IEEE 1686-2022 (replaces IEEE 1686-2013, which replaced IEEE 1686-2007).
IEEE1686-Scope-IED-Substation-Automation-2022-IEC-NERC-NIST-Coord · IEEE 1686 - Scope + Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) + Substation Automation + 2022 Edition + Coordination with IEC 62351 + IEC 62443 + NERC CIP + NIST SP 800-82 →Questions people ask about critical infrastructure protection
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