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Proclamation 9956

Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, 2019

This proclamation designates November 2019 as Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, calling on Americans to recognize the importance of protecting infrastructure from cyber, physical, and natural threats. It highlights prior administration actions including an EMP executive order, the National Space Weather Strategy, creation of CISA, and a supply chain security executive order, while encouraging public-private cooperation on resilience measures.

Federal Register Open PDF 84 FR 59693

Key directives

  • proclaim November 2019 as Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month
  • call upon people of the United States to recognize importance of protecting infrastructure
  • encourage owners and operators to take heightened measures to protect security and resiliency

Timeline

Immediate

  • November 2019 designated as observance month

Near term (90d)

  • encouragement for private sector to implement heightened security measures

Long term

  • ongoing CISA-led federal infrastructure security efforts
  • continued supply chain security initiatives

Risks & tensions

  • document references prior substantive policy actions but proclamation itself lacks binding mandates
  • vague 'appropriate measures' language for observance leaves implementation undefined
  • tension between stated foreign adversary concerns and lack of specific new action in this instrument
Proclamation 9956: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, 2019 · Executive Orders