The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) was a unit of the United States federal government charged with protecting computer systems and information systems critical to the United States' infrastructure.[1] It was founded in 1998 by President Bill Clinton's Presidential Decision Directive 63.[2] It was originally created as a branch of the FBI.[3][4][5]
In 2003, the NIPC was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security.[1] The NIPC was eventually (2002) disbanded, with other federal government organizations taking on its responsibilities.[6] [Homeland Security Act (P.L. 107-296)]
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References
- 1 2 Gale Encyclopedia of Espionage & Intelligence. Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), United States National
- ↑ United States Information Service Washington File. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ↑ FBI. FBI and the National Infrastructure Protection Center Publicly Introduce the National InfraGard Program.
- ↑ About the InfraGard Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Free Encyclopedia of Ecommerce. National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC).
- ↑ National Infrastructure Protection Center. www.nipc.gov (archived)
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