6 U.S.C. § 665d: Sector Risk Management Agencies

provide specialized sector-specific expertise to critical infrastructure owners and operators within its designated critical infrastructure sector or subsector of such sector; and support programs and associated activities of such sector or subsector of such sector. coordinate with the Department and, as appropriate, other relevant Federal departments and agencies; collaborate with critical infrastructure owners and operators within the designated critical infrastructure sector or subsector of such sector; and coordinate with independent regulatory agencies, and State, local, Tribal, and territorial entities, as appropriate. establishing and carrying out programs to assist critical infrastructure owners and operators within the designated sector or subsector of such sector in identifying, understanding, and mitigating threats, vulnerabilities, and risks to their systems or assets, or within a region, sector, or subsector of such sector; and recommending security measures to mitigate the consequences of destruction, compromise, and disruption of systems and assets; identifying, assessing, and prioritizing risks within the designated sector or subsector of such sector, considering physical security and cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences; and supporting national risk assessment efforts led by the Department; serving as a day-to-day Federal interface for the prioritization and coordination of sector-specific activities and responsibilities under this title; serving as the Federal Government coordinating council chair for the designated sector or subsector of such sector; and participating in cross-sector coordinating councils, as appropriate; facilitating, in coordination with the Director, access to, and exchange of, information and intelligence necessary to strengthen the security of critical infrastructure, including through Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations and the national cybersecurity and communications integration center established pursuant to section 659 of this title ; facilitating the identification of intelligence needs and priorities of critical infrastructure owners and operators in the designated sector or subsector of such sector, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate; providing the Director, and facilitating awareness within the designated sector or subsector of such sector, of ongoing, and where possible, real-time awareness of identified threats, vulnerabilities, mitigations, and other actions related to the security of such sector or subsector of such sector; and supporting the reporting requirements of the Department under applicable law by providing, on an annual basis, sector-specific critical infrastructure information; supporting, in coordination with the Director, incident management and restoration efforts during or following a security incident; and supporting the Director, upon request, in national cybersecurity asset response activities for critical infrastructure; and coordinating with critical infrastructure owners and operators within the designated sector or subsector of such sector and the Director in the development of planning documents for coordinated action in the event of a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster or emergency; participating in and, in coordination with the Director, conducting or facilitating, exercises and simulations of potential natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters or emergencies within the designated sector or subsector of such sector; and supporting the Department and other Federal departments or agencies in developing planning documents or conducting exercises or simulations when relevant to the designated sector or subsector or such sector.