CISA Insights: Foreign Influence Operations Targeting Critical Infrastructure

Original
release date: February 18, 2022

CISA has released CISA
Insights: Preparing for and Mitigating Foreign Influence Operations Targeting
Critical Infrastructure
, which provides proactive steps organizations can
take to assess and mitigate risks from information manipulation. Malicious
actors may use tactics—such as misinformation, disinformation, and
malinformation—to shape public opinion, undermine trust, and amplify division,
which can lead to impacts to critical functions and services across multiple
sectors.
 
Current social factors—including heightened polarization and the ongoing global
pandemic—increase the risk and potency of influence operations to U.S. critical
infrastructure. CISA encourages leaders at all organizations to review the CISA
Insights
 and follow the guidance to assess risk and increase
resilience.