Infrastructure Protection

Kentucky’s local communities are the lifeblood and spirit of this commonwealth. In them, they support the state’s widespread commercial infrastructure which features two major international airports, the production of approximately 15 percent of the nation’s electricity, key interstate highways that run through more than two-thirds of Kentucky’s counties, and several large shipping hubs. In partnership with our many federal, state and local partners, the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security is working to identify and assess risk and the vulnerability of critical infrastructure and key assets throughout the commonwealth.

• Automated Critical Asset Management System (ACAMS)  
• Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP)
• Critical Infrastructure/Key Resource Analysis
• Transportation Security

Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CI/KR) are any assets that the destruction or exploitation of can:

• Cause adverse health effects or large mass casualties.
• Impair federal or state departments and agencies.
• Undermine state and local government.
• Damage the private sector’s capability to deliver essential services.
• Negatively affect the economy.
• Undermine the public’s morale and confidence.

Infrastructure is organized into 18 CI/KR sectors:

• Agriculture and Food
• Banking and Finance
• Chemical
• Commercial facilities
• Critical Manufacturing
• Dams
• Defense Industrial Base
• Emergency Services
• Energy
• Government Facilities
• Information Technology
• National Monuments and Icons
• Nuclear
• Postal and Shipping
• Public Health and Healthcare
• Telecommunications
• Transportation
• Water and Waste

Every asset or agency falls into one of these sectors, sometimes into more than one. If you are interested in enhancing security of your infrastructure, below are some starting points to build your own program. 

Educating Your Employees

• Know what to look for
• Know how to report
• Know where to report

Planning

• Develop security plans.
• Develop specific protective measures.
• Know what to do during elevated color-coded threat levels (green, blue, yellow, orange or red).

Partnering

·       Get involved in Private or Public Critical Infrastructure initiatives such as InfraGard.

·       Develop closer partnership with local law enforcement.  Contact Fusion.Center@ky.gov to find out how to get in touch with your local liaison officer.

·       Stay informed!  Sign up for access to the Homeland Security Information Network for Critical Sectors (HSIN-CS).

·       Share lessons learned and best practices with your peers.

Managing Risk

·       Raise awareness

·       Randomly exercise your protective measures, which validate your security plans and enhance your protection.

·       Train your employees on what to do in case of an emergency.

·       Get involved with a professional security organization to review your security and assess Continuity of Business Operations.

·       Report Suspicious Activity to local law enforcement and/or the Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center via our 24/7 tipline (1.886.393.6659).