July 19, 2024 at 08:43AM
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a supplemental manual for infrastructure resilience planning, offering guidance on enhancing security and resiliency for critical infrastructure. It includes processes, table top exercises, and key actions for resilience planning, outlined by CISA’s executive assistant director for infrastructure security, David Mussington. The manual is a voluntary resource and does not enforce regulations.
Key takeaways from the meeting notes:
– The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a supplemental manual to its infrastructure resilience planning framework, providing guidance on improving critical infrastructure security and resiliency.
– The supplemental manual offers processes and table top exercises to help both public and private sectors reduce the risk of disruption to critical services during a cyberattack, as well as to keep recovery and restoration costs low.
– It identifies key actions for resilience planning, including establishing incident-response groups, identifying critical infrastructure, creating mitigation strategies, and integrating solutions into existing protocols.
– David Mussington, CISA’s executive assistant director for infrastructure security, expressed that the additional guidance on resilience concepts will help communities increase their readiness and bounce back quickly after a disaster.
– The new playbook is a voluntary planning resource, and does not carry any regulations, define mandatory practices, provide a checklist for compliance, or carry statutory authority.
– The critical infrastructure sectors include defense, energy, agriculture, and maritime industries, such as ports, transportation, and water treatment facilities.