Linton Wells II
Kathryn Blackmond Laskey
Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities
George Mason University
Introduction
The purpose of this report is to provide recommendations, along with corresponding justifications, to policy and regulatory decision-makers and institutions for cross-sector regulatory standards to address and mitigate the risks of cascading infrastructure failures. A companion report [1] focuses on elements of five infrastructure sectors that are closely related to Department of Defense (DoD) planning and operations: energy, communications, transportation, information technology, and emergency services. That report reviews existing policy and regulatory standards for disaster response and resilience and then briefly describes the nature and importance of the cross-sector interactions in these areas and the components of resilience. It also examines available capabilities, and their limitations, for enabling coordinated, cross-sector planning and operation of critical cyber and physical infrastructures.