National Infrastructure Advisory Council: Reports and Recommendations

Below lists reports and recommendations by the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) on the security of the critical infrastructure sectors and their information systems.

• The Prioritization of Critical Infrastructure for a Pandemic Outbreak in the United States (01/07) (PDF, 120 pages - 1.31 MB)
  • Transmittal Letter to DHS Secretary Chertoff (01/07) (PDF, 2 pages - 131 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt (01/07) (PDF, 2 pages - 131 KB)
• Convergence of Physical and Cyber Technologies and Related Security Management Challenges (01/07) (PDF, 42 pages - 294 KB)

• Transmittal Letter (01/07) (PDF, 2 pages - 96 KB)

• Public-Private Sector Intelligence Coordination (07/06) (PDF, 79 pages - 445 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (08/06) (PDF, 2 pages - 93 KB)

• Workforce Preparation, Education and Research (04/06) (PDF, 208 pages - 7.3 MB)
  • Transmittal Letter (07/06) (PDF, 2 pages - 69 KB)

• Sector Partnership Model Implementation (10/05) (PDF, 52 pages - 502 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (10/05) (PDF, 2 pages - 80 KB)

• Risk Management Approaches to Protection (10/05) (PDF, 25 pages - 223 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (10/05) (PDF, 2 pages - 35 KB)

• Common Vulnerability Scoring System (10/04) (PDF, 20 pages - 159 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (11/04) (PDF, 5 pages - 215 KB)

• Hardening the Internet (10/04) (PDF, 28 pages - 121 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (03/05) (PDF, 2 pages - 106 KB)

• Prioritizing Cyber Vulnerabilities (10/04) (PDF, 14 pages - 83 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (02/05) (PDF, 2 pages - 111 KB)

• Evaluation and Enhancement of Information Sharing and Analysis (07/04) (PDF, 22 pages - 211 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (08/04) (PDF, 4 pages - 120 KB)

• Best Practices for Government to Enhance the Security of National Critical Infrastructures (04/04) (PDF, 24 pages - 285 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (04/04) (PDF, 3 pages - 552 KB)

• Cross Sector Interdependencies and Risk Assessment Guidance (01/04) (PDF, 94 pages - 1.1 MB)
  • Transmittal Letter (02/04) (PDF, 2 pages - 2.24 MB)

• Vulnerability Disclosure Framework (01/04) (PDF, 52 pages - 392 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (02/04) (PDF, 2 pages - 172 KB)