Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, 2018

Presidental Documents

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 9814 of October 31, 2018

Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience
Month, 2018

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

The world today relies on critical infrastructure, such
as power grids, water and food supplies, election
infrastructure, transportation systems, and
communications networks, that is increasingly complex,
interconnected, and interdependent. During Critical
Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, we
emphasize the vital role of strong national
infrastructure in the national and economic security of
our Nation. By mitigating risks to our critical
infrastructure, we can keep America safe, healthy, and
prosperous.

Cyber actors who aim to compromise or disrupt
networks--often for monetary and political gain--are an
increasing threat to our critical infrastructure. In
September, I released the first fully articulated
National Cyber Strategy in 15 years. The implementation
of this strategy will strengthen America's defenses
against cyber threats, help to secure our critical
infrastructure, and protect cyberspace as an engine of
economic growth, innovation, and democratic security. A
key aspect of the strategy is strengthening existing
partnerships with the private sector to thwart any
threat and to protect critical infrastructure. By
improving engagement between the United States
Government and the private sector, we are better able
to leverage the resources and capabilities of those who
own and operate the vast majority of our Nation's
critical infrastructure. Safeguarding our democratic
processes is an important part of my strategy, and an
imperative this election season. The protection and
security of our election infrastructure, which is
critical infrastructure, must be a top priority of the
Federal Government and its partners across the country.

We must also maintain our focus on other aspects of our
critical infrastructure, which sustain our food supply,
our fuel sources, and our means of trade. National
disasters like the recent wildfires, floods, and
hurricanes--as well as the activities of our
adversaries--speak directly to the importance of
continuing to enhance and protect it. Every day, the
Department of Homeland Security is working with
government and private sector stakeholders to assess
and address risks of every type to our critical
infrastructure.

As we mark Critical Infrastructure Security and
Resilience Month, we express our gratitude for the
increasing efforts throughout government and the
private sector to keep our Nation safe, secure, and
prosperous. And we reaffirm our commitment to using our
collective skills, knowledge, and capabilities to
protect our country from evolving man-made and natural
threats by making the Nation's critical infrastructure
more secure and resilient.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim November 2018 as
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month.
I call upon the people of the United States to
recognize the importance of protecting our Nation's
infrastructure and to observe this month with
appropriate measures to enhance our national security
and resilience.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord
two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
third.