International Reports and Other Documents

As in the United States, CIP is an issue that has concerned many nations worldwide for years.  Numerous countries have taken steps to implement strategies and approaches for the protection of those critical infrastructures within their respective regions. Not all of these nations have the same level or method of planning but they all address the central issue of striving towards the defense and safeguard of their infrastructures.

The listing below comprises a limited selection of reports and documents concerning CIP released from several international governments and organizations.

Australia

• Business-Government Task Force on Critical Infrastructure Report, May 2002 (17 pages)
• Infrastructure Information in the Public Domain: A Guide to Mitigating Security Risks, Trusted Information Sharing Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection, 2006 (17 pages)
• National Counter-Terrorism Plan, Commonwealth of Australia, Second Edition, September 2005 (36 pages)
• Protecting Australia Against Terrorism 2006, Commonwealth of Australia, 2006 (90 pages)

Canada

• Critical Information Infrastructure Accountability in Canada, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, 2004 (179 pages)
• Water, Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Management, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, 2003 (59 pages)
• Towards a National Disaster Mitigation Strategy: Discussion Paper, Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness, January 2002 (16 pages)

European Union (EU)

• Communication from the Commission on a European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Commission of the European Communities, December 12, 2006 (13 pages)
• The European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP), December 12, 2006 (9 pages)
• Press Release: 2696th Council Meeting: Justice and Home Affairs, Council of the European Union, December 2005 (38 pages)
• Green Paper on a European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Commission of the European Communities, November 17, 2005 (26 pages)
• Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Fight Against Terrorism, Commission of the European Communities, October 20, 2004 (11 pages)

Finland

• Creating a Safer Information Society: National Information Security Advisory Board Report, Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland, December 14, 2004 (76 pages)
• Finnish Security and Defence Policy 2004, Prime Minister’s Office, 2004 (175 pages)
• Some Aspects on National Crisis Preparedness in Finland, Pentti Partanem, Director General, Rescue Services, Ministry of the Interior (21 pages)

France

• In Depth Defence applied to Information Systems: Memo Version 1.1, Secretary General of National Defense, July 19, 2004 (51 pages)
• State Information System Security Reinforcement Plan (2004-2007), Republic of France, March 10, 2004 (19 pages)

Germany

• Critical Infrastructure Protection in Germany, Federal Office for Information Security, 2005 (21 pages)
• The IT-Security Situation in Germany in 2005, Federal Office for Information Security (48 pages)
• IT Security Guidelines: IT Baseline Protection in brief, Federal Office for Information Security, 2004 (48 pages)
• Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP): Status and Perspectives, Preprints of the First GI Workshop on CIP, Edited by Willi Stein, Bernhard Hämmerli, Hartmut Pohl, & Reinhard Posch, 2003 (206 pages)

Netherlands

• The National Coordinator for Counterterrorism (NCTb), September 2005 (11 pages)
• Combating Terrorism, Letter to the Chairman of the Lower House of Dutch Parliament, September 10, 2004 (18 pages)
• Critical Infrastructure Protection in The Netherlands, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, April 2003 (23 pages)
• Critical Infrastructure Protection in The Netherlands: A Quick-scan, Eric A.M. Luiijf, Helen H. Burger, Marieke H.A. Klaver, TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory (TNO-FEL), 2003 (19 pages)

New Zealand

• The Guide to the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan 2006, Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management, June 2006 (229 pages)
• National Civil Defense Emergency Management Strategy 2003-2006,  Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management, March 2004 (38 pages)
• Towards a Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection, June 11, 2001 (21 pages)

Switzerland

• A Comparative Analysis of Cybersecurity Initiatives Worldwide, Myriam Dunn, Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, June 10, 2005 (40 pages)
• UN General Assembly 58th session: General debate Statement by H.E. Mr. Pascal Couchepin President of the Swiss Confederation, September 23, 2003 (7 pages)

United Kingdom

• First Responders’ Guide: Policy and Principles: Version 1.2, National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC), October 2005 (14 pages)
• Treaty Series No. 10 (2005): Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Cooperation in Science and Technology for Critical Infrastructure Protection and other Homeland/Civil Security Matters, December 8, 2004 (24 pages)
• Protecting Our Information Systems: Working in Partnership for a Secure and Resilient UK Information Infrastructure, Cabinet Office, Central Sponsor for Information Assurance, 2004 (32 pages)

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Asian Development Bank

• Disaster and Emergency Assistance, June 15, 2004 (16 pages)

Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich

• International CIIP Handbook 2006, Vol. I: An Inventory of 20 National and 6 International Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Policies, Andreas Wenger and Victor Mauer, Series Editors, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich (495 pages)
• International CIIP Handbook 2006, Vol. II: Analyzing Issues, Challenges, and Prospects, Andreas Wenger and Victor Mauer, Series Editors, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich (238 pages)

Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC)

• Regional Cooperation on Disaster Management and Preparedness, Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC), August 2006 (16 pages)

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

• Backgrounder: NATO’s Role in Civil Emergency Planning, NATO Public Diplomacy Division, September 2006 (12 pages)
• NATO Briefing: NATO and the Fight Against Terrorism, March 2005 (12 pages)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

• The Development of Policies for the Protection of Critical Information Infrastructures (CII): A comparative analysis in four OECD countries: Canada, Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States, Working Party on Information Security and Privacy, February 6, 2007 (82 pages)
• The Promotion of a Culture of Security for Information Systems and Networks in OECD Countries, Working Party on Information Security and Privacy, December 16, 2005 (133 pages)
• Implementation Plans for the OECD Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems and Networks: Towards a Culture of Security, Working Party on Information Security and Privacy, July 2, 2003 (6 pages)

Swedish Institute for Growth Policy Studies

• IT Security in the USA, Japan and China: A Study of Initiatives and Trends within Policy, R&D, Industry and Technology, Martin Ahlgren, Magnus Breidne, & Anders Hektor, 2005 (120 pages)

For additional information on CIP from various international perspectives, refer to the May 2004, June 2005, June 2006, and June 2007 issues of The CIP Report, located in The CIP Report Archive.