About the Council

Mission

• NIAC Charter (11/11)
• NIAC Brochure (08/12)

Council Membership

• Ms. Constance H. Lau - Chair
• Dr. Beverly Scott - Vice Chair
• Members

Meeting Information

The next NIAC Public Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 17, 2013 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.. EDT. Location, National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center Auditorium, 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 150 Arlington, VA 22202. Federal Register Notice (PDF, 2 pages - 197 KB)

Please contact the NIAC Secretariat at NIAC@hq.dhs.gov for location confirmation.

Meeting Resources

Resources for September 17, 2013 meeting:

Meeting Agenda
Framing Questions on the Cybersecurity Framework (PDF, 1 page - 92.3 KB)
Working Group Recommendations on Cybersecurity Framework (PDF, 2 pages – 117 KB) 
Working Group Recommendations on Maximum Adoption of the Framework (PDF, 4 pages – 192 KB)
Metrics for Measuring the Efficacy of Critical-Infrastructure-Centric Cybersecurity Information Sharing Efforts (PDF, 57 pages – 1.34 MB)
Table ES-1 (PDF, 1 page – 45 KB)
Working Group Presentation (PDF, 24 pages - 231 KB)
Integrated Task Force Presentation to the EO and PPD-21 Working Group (PDF, 10 pages - 264 KB)
 

Reports and Recommendations

• Intelligence Information Sharing Report (1/12) (PDF, 228 pages – 2.5 MB)
  • Transmittal Letter (1/12) (PDF, 2 pages - 486 KB)
• Optimization of Resources for Mitigating Infrastructure Disruptions (10/10) (PDF, 38 pages – 352 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (12/10) (PDF, 2 pages - 1 MB)
• A Framework for Establishing Critical Infrastructure Resilience Goals (10/10) (PDF, 85 pages - 1.42 MB)

  • Transmittal Letter (11/10) (PDF, 2 pages - 118 KB)
• Critical Infrastructure Resilience (9/09) (PDF, 54 pages - 287 KB)

  • Transmittal Letter (9/09) (PDF, 2 pages - 30 KB)
• Framework for Dealing with Disasters and Related Interdependencies (7/09) (PDF, 57 pages - 255 KB )

  • Transmittal Letter (7/09) (PDF, 2 pages - 682 KB)
• Critical Infrastructure Partnership Strategic Assessment (10/08) (PDF, 64 pages - 500 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (10/08) (PDF, 3 pages - 45 KB)

• The Insider Threat to Critical Infrastructures (04/08) (PDF, 56 pages - 393 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (06/08) (PDF, 3 pages - 28 KB)

• Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Events and the Critical Infrastructure Workforce (01/08) (PDF, 88 pages - 635 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (03/08) (PDF, 2 pages - 301 KB)

More Reports and Recommendations

Minutes from Past Meetings 

• Meetings of April 8, 2013 -(PDF, 54 pages - 704 KB)
• Meeting of October 16, 2012 (PDF, 38 pages - 817 KB)
• Meeting of July 17, 2012 (PDF, 25 pages - 315 KB)
• Meeting of April 17, 2012 (PDF, 24 pages - 415 KB)
• Meeting of January 10, 2012 (PDF, 14 pages - 322 KB)
• Meeting of July 12, 2011 (PDF, 39 pages - 568 KB)
• Meeting of January 18, 2011 (PDF, 20 pages - 2 MB)
• Meeting of October 19, 2010 (PDF, 67 pages - 934 KB)
• Meeting of July 13, 2010 (PDF, 43 pages - 563 KB)
• Meeting of April 13, 2010 (PDF, 34 pages - 181 KB)
• Meeting of January 12, 2010 (PDF, 33 pages - 705 KB)
• Meeting of October 13, 2009 (PDF, 18 pages - 78 KB)
• Meeting of September 8, 2009 (PDF, 16 pages - 73 KB)
• Meeting of July 14, 2009 (PDF, 19 pages - 103 KB)
• Meeting of January 6, 2009 (PDF, 21 pages – 128 KB)
• Meeting of October 14, 2008 (PDF, 15 pages - 112 KB)
• Meeting of July 8, 2008 (PDF, 19 pages - 363 KB)
• Meeting of April 8, 2008 (PDF, 10 pages - 72 KB)
• Meeting of January 8, 2008 (PDF, 20 pages - 123 KB)
• Meetings from 2002-2007

Authorities

• Executive Order 13585 of September 30, 2011 (Continuance of the NIAC) (PDF, 2 pages - 32 KB)
• Executive Order 13511 of September 29, 2009 (Continuance of the NIAC) (PDF, 4 pages - 95 KB)
• Executive Order 13446 of September 28, 2007 (Continuance of the NIAC) (PDF, 4 pages - 64 KB)
• Executive Order 13385 of September 29, 2005 (Continuance of the NIAC) (PDF, 5 pages - 93 KB)
• Executive Order 13286 of February 28, 2003 (Amendment to Executive Order 13231 of October 16, 2001)  (PDF, 3 pages - 149 KB)
• Executive Order 13231 of October 16, 2001 (Initial Executive Order establishing the NIAC) (PDF, 13 pages - 124 KB)