Sec. 5. Strategic imperatives
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The Secretary shall facilitate the timely exchange of terrorism threat and vulnerability information as well as information that allows for the development of a situational awareness capability for Federal civilian agencies during terrorist incidents. The goal of such facilitation is to enable efficient information exchange through the identification of requirements for data and information formats and accessibility, system interoperability, and redundant systems and alternate capabilities should there be a disruption in the primary systems.
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement an integration and analysis function for critical infrastructure that includes operational and strategic analysis on terrorism incidents, threats, and emerging risks. Such function shall include establishment by the Secretary of 2 national centers to accomplish the following: Implement a capability to collate, assess, and integrate vulnerability and consequence information with threat streams and hazard information to— aid in prioritizing assets and managing risks to critical infrastructure; determine the staffing and professional need for cyber security critical infrastructure protection; determine the agency staffing needed and to support cyber security critical infrastructure protection and report the findings to Congress; research and report findings regarding the feasibility of exploring terrorist incident correlations between critical infrastructure damage, destruction, and diminished capacity, and what occurs during certain natural disasters; anticipate interdependencies and cascading impacts related to cyber telecommunications failures; recommend security and resilience measures for critical infrastructure prior to, during, and after a terrorism event or incident; support post-terrorism incident management and restoration efforts related to critical infrastructure; and make recommendations on preventing the collapse or serious degrading of the telecommunication capability in an area impacted by a terrorism event.
Support the Department of Homeland Security’s ability to maintain and share, as a common Federal service, a near real-time situational awareness capability for critical infrastructure that includes actionable information about imminent terrorist threats, significant trends, and awareness of incidents that may affect critical infrastructure.