NIPP Evolution

Today’s unified approach to critical infrastructure security and resilience is guided by the requirements of Presidential Policy Directive 21: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, issued by the President in 2013. While NIPP 2013 retains the basic building blocks of previous NIPPs, it also represents a significant evolution in several areas. For example, the updated Plan: Elevates security and resilience as the primary aim of critical infrastructure planning efforts; Calls for the establishment of national priorities—determined jointly by public and private sector partners—that will drive action at the national level and inform the development of goals and priorities at the sector, State, Local, Tribal, Territorial (SLTT) and regional levels; Focuses on establishing a process to set critical infrastructure national priorities determined jointly by the public and private sector; Directs joint decisionmaking by public and private sector partners initiated at the sector, SLTT and regional levels; Drives action at the federal level that in turn informs development of national goals and priorities Supports execution of the National Plan and achievement of the National Preparedness Goal at both the national and community levels, with focus on leveraging regional collaborative efforts; and Integrates cyber and physical security and resilience efforts into an enterprise approach to risk management.