Critical Manufacturing Sector
Sector Details
The Critical Manufacturing Sector is crucial to the economic prosperity and continuity of the United States. A direct attack on or disruption of certain elements of the manufacturing industry could disrupt essential functions at the national level and across multiple critical infrastructure sectors.
The Critical Manufacturing Sector has dependencies and interdependencies with a wide range of other sectors, including:
- Transportation Systems: Critical Manufacturing Sector depends on the Transportation Systems Sector to ship our goods and materials. The Critical Manufacturing Sector also produces the ships, aircraft, trucks, that move those goods and materials.
- Energy: Critical Manufacturing Sector relies on energy to keep facilities running, but also produce turbines, switchgear, transformers, electric motors, etc.
- Chemical: Critical Manufacturing Sector depends on chemicals to process unrefined ore and treat processed metals and metal products, while also producing air and gas compressors, and nonagricultural spraying and dusting equipment, etc.
- Water: Critical Manufacturing Sector relies on water for its factories and facilities and, also, manufacturers iron pipes, valves, compressors, etc., for moving water.
Overview
The Critical Manufacturing Sector identified several industries to serve as the core of the sector:
Products made by these manufacturing industries are essential to many other critical infrastructure sectors. The Critical Manufacturing Sector focuses on the identification, assessment, prioritization, and protection of nationally significant manufacturing industries within the sector that may be susceptible to manmade and natural disasters.
Sector-Specific Plan
The Critical Manufacturing Sector-Specific Plan details how the National Infrastructure Protection Plan risk management framework is implemented within the context of the sector's unique characteristics and risk landscape. Each sector risk management agency develops a sector-specific plan through a coordinated effort involving its public and private sector partners. The Department of Homeland Security is the sector risk management agency for the Critical Manufacturing Sector.
Critical Manufacturing Sector Resources
For older documents contact the Critical Manufacturing Sector Management Team at CriticalManufacturingSector@cisa.dhs.gov.
Critical Manufacturing Sector Risk Management Agency Fact Sheet
Critical Manufacturing Sector Cybersecurity Framework Implementation Guidance
Critical Manufacturing Sector Active Assailant Post-Incident Best Practices Guide
Critical Manufacturing Sector Active Assailant Post-Incident Best Practices Guide - Spanish Translation
Critical Manufacturing Sector Active Assailant Post-Incident Best Practices Guide - French Translation
Critical Manufacturing Sector: Introduction to the Gray Market
Critical Manufacturing Sector: Introduction to the Gray Market - Spanish Translation
Critical Manufacturing Sector: Introduction to the Gray Market - French Translation
Critical Manufacturing Sector: Supply Chain Security and the Gray Market
Critical Manufacturing Sector: Supply Chain Security and the Gray Market - Spanish Translation
Critical Manufacturing Sector: Supply Chain Security and the Gray Market - French Translation
Critical Manufacturing Sector Councils
Critical Manufacturing Sector: Council Charters and Membership
Critical Manufacturing Sector In-Person Events
Regional-Level In-Person Events
Critical Manufacturing Regional Security Roundtables
These Roundtables create locally accessible forums and address and mitigate regional-specific concerns, best practices, and information sharing.
National-Level In-Person Events
Critical Manufacturing Sector Forum
The Critical Manufacturing Sector Forum includes a demonstration of host company’s capabilities or products and introduces members of industry to federal departments and regional agencies.
Contact Us
For more information, please contact the Sector Risk Management Agency at criticalmanufacturingsector@cisa.dhs.gov