CISA Releases National Critical Functions Set

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Operational Brief

The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released the inaugural set of National Critical Functions, which include functions vital to security, national economic security, public health, or safety. These functions are used or supported by both government and private sector entities.

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Original Source Material

The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today released the inaugural set of National Critical Functions.  These are functions used or supported by government and the private sector that are of such vital importance to the United States that their disruption, corruption, or dysfunction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.