National Protection and Programs Directorate

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former U.S. federal government agency component former component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
National Protection Framework	1
Office of Infrastructure Protection	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology ⓘ surface form: Office of Biometric Identity Management Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis ⓘ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ surface form: Office of Cybersecurity and Communications Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ surface form: Office of Infrastructure Protection Office of Risk Management and Analysis ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ surface form: National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center National Infrastructure Protection Plan ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NPPD → fullName → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ

United States emergency management system → hasComponent → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Protection Framework

NPPD → oversaw → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Infrastructure Protection

Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis → partOf → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ

Office of Risk Management and Analysis → partOf → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ

Public Law 115-278 → reorganizedAgency → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 → reorganizes → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency → replaces → National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ