Lesson 3 Overview

Effective critical infrastructure protective programs and resilience strategies are comprehensive, coordinated, cost effective and risk-informed.

Risk management actions involve measures designed to prevent, deter and mitigate the threat; reduce vulnerability to an attack or other disaster; minimize consequences; and enable timely, efficient response and restoration.

Lesson list with the first three lessons (Overview, Overview of the NIPP and its Core Tenets, The Risk Environment and National Partnership Model) checked off and an arrow pointing to the fourth lesson: Collaborating To Manage Risk. The rest of the lesson list includes Call to Action: Steps to Advance The National Effort, Course Summary.
This lesson provides an overview of the Collaborating to Implement the risk management framework. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
  • Explain the elements of the risk management framework
  • Describe how the risk management framework can be used to enhance critical infrastructure security and resilience within and across the critical infrastructure sectors.
  • Identify activities incorporated in the risk management framework.
clock icon
This lesson should take approximately 20 minutes to complete.