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Critical Infrastructure: Critical Manufacturing Sector

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Critical Infrastructure:

“Systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters” (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism [USA PATRIOT] Act, 2001, § 1016).

Critical Manufacturing Sector:

Privately owned and operated assets (manufacturing plants, logistical distribution facilities, storage facilities, and center business offices) that convert raw materials and manufactures specialized materials and equipment vital to the construction, electrical, defense, and industries among others (U.S. Department of Homeland Security [DHS] 2015a).

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The Critical Manufacturing Sector (CMS) is just one of many critical infrastructure sectors that play an important role in support of a...

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  1. Homeland Security Program, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, USA

    Brian Keith Simpkins

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  1. Dept of Security, Fire & Emergency Mgmt, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA

    Lauren R. Shapiro

  2. Dept. of Security, Fire & Emergency Mgmt, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA

    Marie-Helen Maras

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Simpkins, B.K. (2019). Critical Infrastructure: Critical Manufacturing Sector. In: Shapiro, L., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_61-1

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