National Protection and Programs Directorate

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The National Protection and Programs Directorate was a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security component responsible for enhancing the security and resilience of the nation’s physical and cyber infrastructure.

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instanceOf former U.S. federal government agency component ⓘ
former component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
abbreviation NPPD ⓘ
collaboratesWith international partners on infrastructure security and resilience ⓘ
other federal departments and agencies ⓘ
private sector critical infrastructure owners and operators ⓘ
state and local governments in the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolutionReason reorganization of DHS to elevate cybersecurity and infrastructure security functions ⓘ
focusesOn biometric identity services for homeland security missions ⓘ
incident response coordination for infrastructure incidents ⓘ
information sharing on cyber and physical threats ⓘ
protection of federal facilities ⓘ
risk management for critical infrastructure ⓘ
hasPart Federal Protective Service ⓘ
Office of Biometric Identity Management ⓘ
Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis ⓘ
Office of Cybersecurity and Communications ⓘ
Office of Infrastructure Protection ⓘ
Office of Risk Management and Analysis ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
mission enhance the security and resilience of the nation’s cyber infrastructure ⓘ
enhance the security and resilience of the nation’s physical infrastructure ⓘ
reduce risk to critical infrastructure from physical and cyber threats ⓘ
strengthen national preparedness and resilience ⓘ
oversight critical infrastructure sectors designated under the National Infrastructure Protection Plan ⓘ
federal facility security through the Federal Protective Service ⓘ
federal identity, credential, and access management services ⓘ
parentOrganization United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
partOf United States Department of Homeland Security headquarters components ⓘ
replacedBy Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ
Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (DHS) ⓘ
responsibility coordinating security and resilience efforts across public and private sectors ⓘ
providing risk analysis and assessments for infrastructure security ⓘ
supporting cybersecurity capabilities for federal civilian agencies ⓘ
supporting protection of critical infrastructure sectors ⓘ
supporting state, local, tribal, and territorial partners on infrastructure protection ⓘ
sector critical infrastructure protection ⓘ
cybersecurity ⓘ
homeland security ⓘ
infrastructure resilience ⓘ
successorFunction CISA responsibility for cybersecurity and infrastructure security ⓘ
DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans responsibility for some policy functions ⓘ
usedProgram National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center ⓘ
National Infrastructure Protection Plan ⓘ

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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency → replaces → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 → reorganizes → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ
Public Law 115-278 → reorganizedAgency → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ
NPPD → fullName → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ
NPPD → oversaw → Office of Infrastructure Protection ⓘ
linked to: National Protection and Programs Directorate
Office of Risk Management and Analysis → partOf → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ
Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis → partOf → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ
United States emergency management system → hasComponent → National Protection Framework ⓘ
linked to: National Protection and Programs Directorate
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency → predecessor → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ
subject linked to: CISA