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 PDD 63: Protecting America's
Critical Infrastructures



PDD 63, issued in 1998, was the result of an evaluation of an earlier presidential commission's recommendations. This previous recommendation stressed the importance of protecting the critical infrastructure-including telecommunications, banking and finance, energy, and transportation-that supports the U.S. economy, government, and military.

The aim of PDD 63 was to introduce an improved information system infrastructure that is secure and interconnected by the year 2003, and to significantly increase security to government systems by the year 2000. PDD 63 designed a new configuration to protect the country's critical infrastructure. Some of the components are as follows:
· A national coordinator to handle critical infrastructure, as well as foreign terrorism and domestic mass destruction;
  • The National Infrastructure Protection Center at the Federal Bureau of Investigation to bring together representatives from various agencies for information sharing and collaboration;

  • Information Sharing and Analysis Center to be set up by the private sector in cooperation with the government;

  • A National Infrastructure Assurance Council made up of private sector leaders and state/local officials to provide advice for a national plan; and

  • The Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office to support the national coordinator in developing a national plan.







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