// THREAT DETECTION AND DATA PRIVACY TERM
Critical Infrastructure
Critical Infrastructure refers to the essential physical and cyber systems, assets, and networks that are so vital to a country that their disruption or destruction would have a devastating impact on national security, economic stability, public health, or safety.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
Critical Infrastructure encompasses a nation's core physical and cyber assets, including energy, water, telecommunications, healthcare, transportation, and financial services, whose incapacitation would severely debilitate national security, governance, economic function, and societal well-being.
BACKGROUND
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for cybersecurity and infrastructure protection across all levels of government, coordinating cybersecurity programs with U.S. states, and improving the government's cybersecurity protections against private and nation-state hackers.
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- Essential Services
- Key Infrastructure
- Vital Systems
- National Assets
- Core Utilities
- Strategic Infrastructure
USAGE NOTE
Identifying, protecting, and enhancing the resilience of critical infrastructure against cyberattacks, natural disasters, and other threats is a paramount concern for governments and defense agencies.
DEVELOPERS
Organizations developing technology related to Critical Infrastructure.
Specializes in industrial cybersecurity, providing threat detection, response, and vulnerability management solutions specifically for industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) environments critical to infrastructure.
Offers cybersecurity solutions for industrial, healthcare, and commercial environments, providing visibility, threat detection, vulnerability management, and secure remote access for operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) assets in critical infrastructure.
Provides OT and IoT security solutions, offering real-time visibility, threat detection, and industrial anomaly detection to protect critical infrastructure assets and processes from cyber threats.
A global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technologies company that develops advanced cybersecurity capabilities and integrated defense systems to protect critical national infrastructure and government assets.
A U.S. federal agency that works to understand, manage, and reduce risk to the nation's cyber and physical infrastructure. CISA develops tools, guidance, and partnerships to enhance the security and resilience of critical infrastructure sectors.
Offers a broad portfolio of cybersecurity solutions, including specialized security for operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) to protect critical infrastructure from cyber threats.
Provides next-generation cybersecurity platforms, including solutions for securing industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) networks that underpin critical infrastructure.
A technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. Siemens develops secure industrial automation systems and offers cybersecurity services and solutions to protect the operational technology (OT) environments within critical infrastructure sectors.
A global specialist in energy management and automation. Schneider Electric develops secure industrial control systems (ICS) and offers cybersecurity services and solutions designed to protect critical infrastructure in energy, utilities, and other industrial sectors.