DHS offers infrastructure protection course
It is one thing for a committee of experts to write lengthy and detailed plans on how to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, and it is another thing to have these plans implemented effectively by thousands of government and private sector organizations; DHS offers a Web-based course which will help the relevant people to do so
Want to brush up on your knowledge of infrastructure protection? DHS and FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute have developed a course called “Introduction to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan,” a Web-based course which aims to elucidate the key concepts of the NIPP and is designed to meet the training needs of a range of government and private sector security partners.
The course addresses the importance of protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure and key resources, and provides an overview of many of the key concepts of the NIPP. This includes the risk management framework, the partnership model designed to facilitate coordination and cooperation between infrastructure owners and operators and the government, the networked approach to information-sharing, and the new risk-based approach to resource allocation. It describes the seventeen sector-specific plans that address the particular needs of each sector, including the emergency management and services sector, and it underscores the opportunities and benefits of participation.
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