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Internet-Gone Planning: CISA's CI Fortify Emergency Mandate Explained
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CISA is ordering America's critical infrastructure operators to prepare for complete internet and telecommunications blackouts — not as a drill, but as an expected feature of future geopolitical conflict. Today's briefing breaks down CI Fortify, the defense-system prioritization list, and the staffing gap that could limit enforcement.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
CISA has just told America's critical infrastructure operators to plan for a world where the internet is gone. Not degraded.
The prioritization list tells you where the real concern is. Dams, radar arrays, weapon systems, satellite communications.
The important distinction in CI Fortify is what CISA is no longer pretending. The framework doesn't prioritize breach prevention.
Here's the practical tension. CISA is launching a major national assessment program while still rebuilding its own workforce.
The open questions are the ones worth tracking. Whether water utilities and transportation systems can realistically sever digital dependencies without cascading service failures.
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