Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month 2024: Resolve to be Resilient!
Each year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) leads the national recognition of Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (CISR) Month in November. This annual effort focuses on educating and engaging all levels of government, infrastructure owners and operators, and the American public about the vital role critical infrastructure plays in the nation’s wellbeing and why it is important to strengthen critical infrastructure security and resilience.
As a nation, we are seeing continued cyber and physical threats to critical infrastructure Americans rely on every day. For example, we have seen extended, record-breaking heat and destructive weather and fire events, rapid advances in technology that enable novel cybersecurity risks, and other emerging risks.
The safety and security of the nation depends on the ability of critical infrastructure owners and operators to prepare for and adapt to changing conditions and to withstand and recover rapidly from disruptions. We must accept that it’s a whole of community responsibility to prepare and secure the nation’s critical infrastructure and protect the vital services it provides, so when something does happen, we are better able to respond to and recover from any impacts. We can do this by building resilience into our preparedness planning year around by understanding the threat landscape and assessing risks; creating and exercising actionable plans; and continually adapting and improving based on lessons learned.
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month Toolkit
CISA's Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month Toolkit offers a number of resources to help you and your organization get involved and help reduce risk. Be sure to follow us on social media and take part in the hashtag #BeResilient conversation!
Featured Content
White House Proclamation on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month
President Biden calls upon the people of the United States to recognize the importance of protecting our Nation’s infrastructure and to observe this month with appropriate measures to enhance our national security and resilience.
CISR Social Media Graphics
Download CISR Month graphics here and join us on social media. #BeResilient
NOTE: These graphics should not be used to imply affiliation with or endorsement by the government.
Signature Block
Raise awareness by including a signature block graphic.
NOTE: These graphics should not be used to imply affiliation with or endorsement by the government.
CISA Live! Preparing for & Mitigating Physical Threats
Watch representatives from CISA’s Office for Bombing Prevention and Office of Security Programs talk about how to identify, prepare for, prevent, mitigate and recover from potentially life-threatening situations.
Shields Ready
As the National Coordinator for critical infrastructure security and resilience, CISA stands ready to help America prepare for and adapt to changing risk conditions and withstand and recover rapidly from potential disruptions, regardless of cause.
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience
Critical infrastructure are those assets, systems, and networks that provide functions necessary for our way of life. There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors that are part of a complex, interconnected ecosystem.
Additional Resources
Secure Our World
Secure Our World is a cybersecurity awareness program aimed at educating individuals and businesses on four easy ways to stay safe online.
Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals
Cybersecurity Performance Goals are a common set of protections that all critical infrastructure entities - from large to small - should implement to meaningfully reduce the likelihood and impact of known risks and adversary techniques.
Priority Telecommunications Services
CISA offers three priority telecommunications services that enable essential personnel to communicate when networks are degraded or congested: GETS, WPS, and TSP.
Physical Security
CISA provides information and resources to help you prepare for and respond to various threats including active assailants, vehicular assaults, bombings, sUAS, and more.
Blogs
CISA Resources to Help Schools Strengthen Security and Build Resilience
In recognition of Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, CISA lays out some of the ways schools can build resilience through CISA's school safety resources.
CISA Resources Can Help Underserved Communities Be More Resilient
To have a truly resilient nation, we need all communities to be resilient, but underserved and under-resourced communities often face the same threats to critical infrastructure security with fewer capabilities to address them.
Resilience in a Time of Uncertainty: National Chemical Security During the CFATS Lapse
Congress allowed the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program’s statutory authority to expire, leaving our nation without a regulatory chemical security program for the first time in 15 years.
CISA Office of Bombing Prevention Recognizes Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month
CISA’s Office for Bombing Prevention discusses how proper planning can help critical infrastructure stakeholders prevent, protect against, respond to, and will mitigate the use of explosives against public and private sectors.