10.5: Assessment
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. ___________________ consists of owners and operators and their representatives, collaborating between government and private sector owners of critical infrastructure.
| a. Critical Infrastructure Cross-Sector Council | c. Regional Consortium Coordinating Council |
| b. Government Coordinating Councils | d. Sector Coordinating Councils |
____ 2. ___________________ is composed of senior officials from federal agencies who facilitate communication and coordination on critical infrastructure security and resilience across the federal government.
| a. Critical Infrastructure Cross-Sector Council | c. Federal Senior Leadership Council |
| b. Government Coordinating Councils | d. Sector Coordinating Councils |
____ 3. ___________________ are organizations, including ISACs, that focus on information dissemination and collaboration on a cross-sector basis through a national council.
| a. Federal Senior Leadership Council | c. Information Sharing Organizations |
| b. Government Coordinating Councils | d. Sector Coordinating Councils |
____ 4. Which of the following is not one of the NIPP’s seven core tenets?
| a. Identifying and managing risk | c. Adopting a partnership approach to security and resilience |
| b. Promoting the public dissemination of an organization’s vulnerabilities | d. Promoting security and resilience during design stages of systems and networks |
____ 5. ___________________ is a dedicated 24/7 coordination and information-sharing operations center that maintains situational awareness of the nation’s CI, serving as a hub between the government and the private sector when an incident is detected.
| a. National Infrastructure Coordinating Center (NICC) | c. Information Sharing Organizations |
| b. Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs) | d. National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) |
Short Answer
6. Define the role of an ISAC in critical infrastructure protection.
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