Critical infrastructure industry perspectives on cybersecurity regulations

The United States’ 16 critical infrastructure sectors provide essential services — such as electricity distribution, transportation and healthcare — that underpin American society. These include systems and assets so vital to the United States that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, public health or safety, or any combination of these.

The safety of these systems and data is critical to public confidence and the nation’s security, economy, and welfare. 

The Government Accountability Office convened two panel discussions to gather perspectives of 12 industry participants regarding the progress that federal agencies are making to harmonize cybersecurity regulations. Some participants cited overlapping regulations causing unnecessary burdens and diverting resources.

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