ABSTRACT
Today, critical infrastructure (CI) protection is a top priority for ofcials in all levels of governments, including federal, state, local, and tribal structures. It is also a priority for both public owners and private owners and operators of CI. No matter who is involved, the goal is to protect our infrastructure from damage resulting from a man-made incident such as a terrorist attack, but also from a natural event such as a hurricane or earthquake. In either case, the object is to return a community to a normal (or close to normal) state of affairs as quickly as possible. Chapter 2 provided an early history of asset protection, and this chapter provides a description of the current policies for protecting the nation’s infrastructure. These policies are in a continual state of Šux as the government continues to improve CI protection in response to ever-changing threats.
