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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.

Compliance and Regulatory

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.

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
FISMA1 control

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 16861 control

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

What is Critical Infrastructure Protection?
Regulations and security measures to protect essential services and systems such as energy, water, transportation, and healthcare from disruption.
Why is Critical Infrastructure Protection important for compliance?
Critical Infrastructure Protection is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding critical infrastructure protection helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Critical Infrastructure Protection?
Critical Infrastructure Protection appears in the requirement text of Papua New Guinea National Cybersecurity Policy & Cybercrime Act (2016), UK Security and Emergency Measures Direction (SEMD) - Water Industry, Israel Protection of Privacy Law (5741-1981), FISMA, Ghana Cybersecurity Act. Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Critical Infrastructure Protection?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how critical infrastructure protection applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Critical Infrastructure Protection applies across compliance frameworks

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.