National Protection and Programs Directorate

National Protection and Programs Directorate

The National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) was established in 2003. An

integrated approach is used to reduce risks involving physical/virtual threats. There are four

divisions within the NPPD: Federal Protective Services (FPS), Office of Cybersecurity and

Communications (CS&C), Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) and US-VISIT (US-Visitor

and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program).

The Federal Protective Service (FPS) law enforcement agency provides protection to

thousands of Federal facilities and the millions of government and civilian workers occupying

them by detecting, deterring, disrupting, and investigating threats. FPS uses a risk management

process and employs MegaCenter, a central communication and coordination center among law

enforcement personnel providing security countermeasure monitoring.

The Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C) is responsible for enhancing

the security, resilience, and reliability of the Nation’s cyber and communications infrastructure.

CS&C is responsible to ensure the federal “.gov” domain is not compromised, reduce or

eliminate disruptions to critical information infrastructure and serves as a 24/7 cyber monitoring,

incident response, and management center. Five divisions within CS&C aid in its mission: The

Office of Emergency Communications, The National Cybersecurity and Communications

Intergration Center, Stakeholder Engagement and Cyber Infrastructure Resilience, Federal

Network Resilience and Network Security Deployment.

The Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) leads and coordinates national programs