US President Obama signed a "
Presidential Policy Directive -- Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience". Also there is a
media release summarizing the Executive Order on Cybersecurity. A similar approach could be adopted by the Australian Government for its
Cyber Security Centre, emphasising information sharing and joint work not only between government agencies, but with industry.
Additional roles and responsibilities for the Secretary of Homeland Security include:
1) Identify and prioritize critical infrastructure, considering
physical and cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences, in
coordination with SSAs and other Federal departments and agencies;
2) Maintain national critical infrastructure centers that shall
provide a situational awareness capability that includes integrated,
actionable information about emerging trends, imminent threats, and the
status of incidents that may impact critical infrastructure;
3) In coordination with SSAs and other Federal departments and
agencies, provide analysis, expertise, and other technical assistance to
critical infrastructure owners and operators and facilitate access to
and exchange of information and intelligence necessary to strengthen the
security and resilience of critical infrastructure;
4) Conduct comprehensive assessments of the vulnerabilities of the
Nation's critical infrastructure in coordination with the SSAs and in
collaboration with SLTT entities and critical infrastructure owners and
operators;
5) Coordinate Federal Government responses to significant cyber or
physical incidents affecting critical infrastructure consistent with
statutory authorities;
6) Support the Attorney General and law enforcement agencies with
their responsibilities to investigate and prosecute threats to and
attacks against critical infrastructure;
7) Coordinate with and utilize the expertise of SSAs and other
appropriate Federal departments and agencies to map geospatially, image,
analyze, and sort critical infrastructure by employing commercial
satellite and airborne systems, as well as existing capabilities within
other departments and agencies; and
8) Report annually on the status of national critical infrastructure efforts as required by statute. ...
From: "Presidential Policy Directive -- Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience", US President Obama, 12 February 2013.
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