The Homeland Security Presidential
Directive-7 (HSPD-7) (2003), Presidential Policy Directive-21
(PPD-21) (2013) and the National Infrastructure Protection Plan
(NIPP) (2013) highlight the need for a centrally managed repository
of infrastructure attributes capable of assessing risks and
facilitating data sharing. To support this mission need, the
Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) National Protection and
Programs Directorate (NPPD) Office of Infrastructure Protection
(IP) is developing the IP Gateway. The IP Gateway contains several
capabilities which support the homeland security mission in the
area of critical infrastructure (CI) protection. The IP Gateway
allows Protective Security Advisors (PSAs) and Cyber Security
Advisors (CSAs) to conduct voluntary surveys on CI facilities.
These surveys are web-based and are used to collect a facility’s
basic, high-level information, and its dependencies. This data is
then used to determine a Protective Measures Index (PMI) and a
Resilience Measures Index (RMI) for the surveyed facility. This
information allows a facility to see how it compares to other
facilities within the same sector as well as allows them to see how
adjusting certain aspects would change their score. This allows the
facility to then determine where best to allocate funding and
perform other high level decision making processes pertaining to
the security and resiliency of the facility.
EO: EO
13636 Name/Subject of EO: Improving Critical Infrastructure
Cybersecurity
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.