DHS Directorate Showcases Infrastructure Resilience Toolkit to CISA and FEMA
What happened
The Science and Technology Directorate, which serves as a research and development arm of DHS, recently showcased a new software toolkit to officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The demonstration focused on the Local Infrastructure Network Knowledge, or LINK, Toolkit, which was developed in response to requests from FEMA. The toolkit helps officials map Local Significant Infrastructure, including clean water, sewage treatment, electricity, transportation, and communications networks.
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Why it matters
The LINK Toolkit is designed to assist in supporting community resilience by allowing emergency managers to visualize how disasters could affect connected systems. The directorate stated that the tool provides decision-support capabilities for DHS component stakeholders, such as identifying potential water shutoff points during a wildfire scenario.
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Who's involved
- DHSParent agency of the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security AgencyRecipient of the demonstration of the infrastructure security toolkit.
- S&TDeveloped the LINK software toolkit in response to requests from FEMA.
- Federal Emergency Management AgencyThe agency that requested the development of the bespoke LINK toolkit.
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- S&TSpeculative
The successful demonstration could validate the capabilities of S&T and influence future government funding and contracts.
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The entities involved
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security
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