Securing the Nation's Critical Infrastructures: A Guide for the 2021–2025 Administration

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Chemical
	1.0. About the Chemical Sector
	1.1. ICS Security in the Chemical Sector—beyond CFATS
Chapter 2: Commercial Facilities
	2.0. About the Commercial Facilities Sector
	2.1. Digital Supply Chain Security: What Happens When an Organization’s Trusted Solutions Can No Longer Be Trusted?
Chapter 3: Communications
	3.0. About the Communications Sector
	3.1. Accelerating Intelligence to Action
	3.2. Zero Trust for Critical Infrastructure Requires a New Focus on Secure Communications
Chapter 4: Critical Manufacturing
	4.0. About the Critical Manufacturing Sector
	4.1. Transitioning Critical Manufacturing to Cyber Resiliency
Chapter 5: Dams
	5.0. About the Dams Sector
	5.1. Under-funding Dam Sector Cybersecurity Leads to a Flood of Threats
Chapter 6: Defense Industrial Base
	6.0. About the Defense Industrial Base
	6.1. Accelerating DIB Cyber Security and Information Sharing Transformation
	6.2. What Is CMMC and Why Is It Important
Chapter 7: Election
	7.0. About Election Security: Perspectives on Past, Present, and Future US Political Campaigns
	7.1. Action Plan for More Secure Campaigns—Addressing the Gaping Hole in Our Electoral Process
	7.2. Preparing for the Future of Election Security—Recommendations for the 46th President
	7.3. The Race with No Finish Line: Securing the Next Election in the Wake of 2020
	7.4. The State of Campaign Cybersecurity
	7.5. The Price of Liberty—Countering Long-Term Malicious Cyber Influences on Democratic Processes
Chapter 8: Emergency Services
	8.0. About the Emergency Services Sector
	8.1. Case Study—Law Enforcement Digital Forensics and Investigations Review; Results of a Cybersecurity Workforce Readiness Survey
Chapter 9: Energy
	9.0. About the Energy Sector
	9.1. Securing the Backbone of the US Critical Infrastructure
Chapter 10: Financial Services
	10.0. About the Financial Services Sector
	10.1. Time for Financial Providers to Lead with Cybersecurity
	10.2. Public-Private Partnership in Fighting the Cyber Threat
Chapter 11: Food and Agriculture
	11.0. About the Food and Agriculture Sector
	11.1. For CPG Companies, a Zero Trust Security Strategy Is the Best Supply Chain Defense
	11.2. Software Helps Feed America—How Do We Keep It Secure?
	11.3. Trust in the Food and Agriculture Supply Chain Starts in the Dirt and Ends on Our Tables
Chapter 12: Government Facilities
	12.0. About the Government Facilities Sector
	12.1. Zero Trust: Buzzword or Panacea?
	12.2. Outdated and Left Behind: Improving and Innovating Our Government Facilities
	12.3. Recommendations for Securing Government Facilities
Chapter 13: Healthcare and Public Health
	13.0. About the Healthcare and Public Health Sector
	13.1. How to Navigate a New Era of Threats to the Healthcare Sector
	13.2. Direct Patient Care Subsector Cybersecurity State of the Union
Chapter 14: Information Technology
	14.0. About the Information Technology Sector
	14.1. Cybersecurity and Zero Outage: Where CISOs and Mission Leaders Align
	14.2. Managing Global Supply Chains and Their Impact on US Critical Infrastructure: What Do Critical Infrastructure Sectors Need to Do, Now and in the Future?
Chapter 15: Nuclear Sector
	15.0. About the Nuclear Reactors, Material, and Waste Sector
	15.1. “Security by Isolation” Inhibits Nuclear Sector Resilience and Potential
Chapter 16: Local and State Government
	16.0. About State and Local Government Cybersecurity
	16.1. Emerging Threats and Challenges Facing State and Local Governments and Why They Should Be Considered Critical Infrastructure
	16.2. Innovations for State and Local Governments
	16.3. Recommendations to Improve the Cyber Resilience of State and Local Governments
Chapter 17: Transportation
	17.0. About the Transportation Sector
	17.1. From the Ground, through the Air, and Beyond Out There: Over the Horizon Opportunities, Risks, and Challenges in the Transportation System Sector
Chapter 18: Water and Wastewater Management
	18.0. About the Water and Wastewater Systems Sector
	18.1. Florida Water Treatment Attack and the Implications for Critical Infrastructure and Cybersecurity—An Exegesis
	18.2. Adhering to 12-Stage Process for Achieving Cyber Secured Water and Sewage Operations
Closing
	Conclusion
	Afterword: Some Things Change, Some Things Stay the Same
Index