Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office

Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office
CIAO The agency that coor dinates the U.S. Federal Government’s initiatives on information security and *assurance. The CIAO has worked to raise awareness of the *risks associated with information and cyberspace security in the *private and *public sectors. Founded in 1998, the CIAO Web site states its primary focus to be as follows: To "raise issues that cut across industry sectors and ensure a cohesive approach to achieving continuity in delivering critical infrastructure services." In 2003 CIAO was integrated into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (IAIP) Directorate. Web site: www.ciao.gov

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