Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII) is specific
engineering
Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...
information such as plant
schematic
A schematic, or schematic diagram, is a designed representation of the elements of a system using abstract, graphic symbols rather than realistic pictures. A schematic usually omits all details that are not relevant to the key information the sc ...
s, information transfer ports, or detailed design information about proposed or existing
critical infrastructure
Critical infrastructure, or critical national infrastructure (CNI) in the UK, describes infrastructure considered essential by governments for the functioning of a society and economy and deserving of special protection for national security. ...
(physical or virtual) that meets these criteria:
*Relates details about the production, generation, transmission, or distribution of
energy
Energy () is the physical quantity, quantitative physical property, property that is transferred to a physical body, body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of Work (thermodynamics), work and in the form of heat and l ...
*Could be useful to a person planning an attack on critical infrastructure
*Is exempt from mandatory disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act Freedom of Information Act may refer to the following legislations in different jurisdictions which mandate the national government to disclose certain data to the general public upon request:
* Freedom of Information Act (United States) of 1966
* F ...
,
and
*Gives strategic information beyond the location of the critical infrastructure
See also
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Sensitive But Unclassified
Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) is a designation of information in the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government that, though unclassified, often requires FIPS 140-2#Level 2, strict controls over its distribution ...
information
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Classified information in the United States
The United States government classification system is established under Executive Order 13526, the latest in a long series of executive orders on the topic of classified information beginning in 1951. Issued by President Barack Obama in 2009, E ...
References
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External links
CEII Freedom of Information Act GuidelinesCEII Regulations
Energy infrastructure