The National Strategy for Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets serves as a critical bridge between the National Strategy for Homeland Security and a national protection plan to be developed by the Department of Homeland Security. The strategic objectives that underpin the national infrastructure and key asset protection effort include:

* Identifying and assuring the protection of those infrastructure and assets we deem most critical;

* Providing timely warning and assuring the protection of those infrastructures and assets that face a specific, imminent threat; and