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Develop and submit a "briefing book" that provides a critical infrastructure (CI) overview for one of CISA's Assistant Directors speaking at - and some new employees within this Assistant Director's division attending - a virtual conference at the end of next month that will focus, in part, on critical infrastructure topics.

BACKGROUND
At the latest CISA staff meeting, the Director went around the room asking if there were any last items of business before adjournment. The Executive Assistant Director for CISA's Infrastructure Security Division (ISD) requested some assistance from the CIRRUS Division for some critical infrastructure background information in support of an upcoming virtual conference.

The ISD Executive Assistant Director will be the keynote speaker at an upcoming online conference scheduled for the end of next month. With a primary background within the private sector, mostly associated with the energy industry, the Executive Assistant Director feels that a comprehensive overview of the critical infrastructure field would benefit not only the Executive Assistant Director's opening keynote speech but also with any personal discussions, chats, etc. with other conference participants. In addition, the ISD Executive Assistant Director is including some employees new to the ISD organization to participate in order to gain a better overall perspective of "critical infrastructure" and believes the CISA Division briefing book would provide beneficial background information to the new ISD team members both prior to the conference and after when performing normal duties in the office.

As a result, the CISA Director has tasked the CIRRUS Division to provide the ISD Executive Assistant Director with a "briefing book" insert that will assist the Executive Assistant Director and ISD staff in becoming more familiar with the background and latest developments associated with the field of critical infrastructure.

Part 1: You are required to complete the following two FEMA Emergency Management Institute (EMI) courses for background information associated with this assignment.

- IS-860.C: The National Infrastructure Protection Plan: An Introduction (latest version 7/21/2015).
- IS-913.A: Critical Instructure Security and Resilience: Achieving Results Through Partnership and Collaboration (latest version 11/01/2013).

Once you've successfully passed each FEMA EMI course's final examination, you will receive an email back from FEMA EMI with your completion certificate. Then, post each of your completed FEMA EMI course certificates into your Assignment folder to receive full credit.

Part 2: As part of your briefing book insert, recommend that your contents include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following:
- What is critical infrastructure (CI) and why is it important
- Describe the different CI sectors
- Identify the major stakeholders/players
- Differentiate the roles/responsibilities between federal, state, local, and other applicable entities -- and how do these correlate to the NIPP 2013 National Partnership Structure, Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC), Government and Sector Coordinating Councils (GCC and SCC, respectively), and other applicable documents and/or partnering organizations
- Identify some of the major CI governing documents, Presidential directives, etc.
- Discuss how "complexity" and "interdependency" are considered part of CI
- Describe the concepts of CI "security" and "resilience"
- Discuss the concept of risk management" -- what are its basic elements/framework, how is it integrated within the CI community, etc.
- What are some of the more prevalent challenges, threats, and limitations now facing the CI community?
- Anything else you think the Executive Assistant Director should be aware of to prepare for the upcoming virtual conference

As you develop your tasker submission, keep in mind the CIRRUS Division's guiding philosophy of "Heads in the Cloud, Feet on the Ground." Ensure your Individual Essay #1 submission represents critical thinking and "out-of-the-box" perspectives yet maintains a realistic picture that's grounded in a fact-based, non-emotional, logical, and questioning approach.

Attachment:- Briefing book Essay.rar