40,255 MEMBERS (Including FBI)
Posted on 10/30/2010 9:32:05 PM PDT by Candor7
31-Oct-2010 40,255 MEMBERS (Including FBI)
InfraGard is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) program that began in the Cleveland Field Office in 1996. It was a local effort to gain support from the information technology industry and academia for the FBI’s investigative efforts in the cyber arena. The program expanded to other FBI Field Offices, and in 1998 the FBI assigned national program responsibility for InfraGard to the former National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) and to the Cyber Division in 2003. InfraGard and the FBI have developed a relationship of trust and credibility in the exchange of information concerning various terrorism, intelligence, criminal, and security matters.
InfraGard is an information sharing and analysis effort serving the interests and combining the knowledge base of a wide range of members. At its most basic level, InfraGard is a partnership between the FBI and the private sector. InfraGard is an association of businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants dedicated to sharing information and intelligence to prevent hostile acts against the United States. InfraGard Chapters are geographically linked with FBI Field Office territories. Each InfraGard Chapter has an FBI Special Agent Coordinator assigned to it, and the FBI Coordinator works closely with Supervisory Special Agent Program Managers in the Cyber Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
While under the direction of NIPC, the focus of InfraGard was cyber infrastructure protection. After September 11, 2001 NIPC expanded its efforts to include physical as well as cyber threats to critical infrastructures. InfraGard’s mission expanded accordingly.
In March 2003, NIPC was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which now has responsibility for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) matters. The FBI retained InfraGard as an FBI sponsored program, and will work with DHS in support of its CIP mission, facilitate InfraGard’s continuing role in CIP activities, and further develop InfraGard’s ability to support the FBI’s investigative mission, especially as it pertains to counterterrorism and cyber crimes.
The goal of InfraGard is to promote ongoing dialogue and timely communication between members and the FBI. InfraGard members gain access to information that enables them to protect their assets and in turn give information to government that facilitates its responsibilities to prevent and address terrorism and other crimes.
The relationship supports information sharing at national and local levels and its objectives are as follows:
Increase the level of information and reporting between InfraGard members and the FBI on matters related to counterterrorism, cyber crime and other major crime programs.
Increase interaction and information sharing among InfraGard members and the FBI regarding threats to the critical infrastructures, vulnerabilities, and interdependencies.
Provide members value-added threat advisories, alerts, and warnings.
Promote effective liaison with local, state and federal agencies, to include the Department of Homeland Security.
Provide members a forum for education and training on counterterrorism, counterintelligence cyber crime and other matters relevant to informed reporting of potential crimes and attacks on the nation and U.S. interests. Each FBI Field Office has a Special Agent Coordinator who gathers interested individuals to form a chapter. Any individual can join InfraGard. Local executive boards govern and share information within the membership. Chapters hold regular meetings to discuss issues, threats and other matters that impact their companies. Speakers from public and private agencies and the law enforcement communities are invited. The following illustrates additional activities that local chapters may offer:
Training and education initiatives A local newsletter A Contingency Plan for using alternative systems in the event of a successful large scale attack on the information infrastructure InfraGard members are represented nationally by an elected board of seven representatives called the InfraGard Board of Directors. Elections are held annually at the InfraGard National Congress for voluntary two-year terms. The Board is responsible for representing the membership in the partnership with the FBI. They conduct weekly conference calls to address a variety of issues that face the organization. Board members travel to various chapter activities and attend conferences promoting InfraGard and other issues pertinent to the program.
The Board established several committees to address issues such as membership, incorporation, and partnerships with other private sector association / organizations.
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have also been established to meet the challenges America faces in protecting against criminal, terrorist, and intelligence threats. One such SIG involves InfraGard, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Small Business Administration, and the FBI.
The InfraGard secure website provides members with information about recent intrusions, research related to critical infrastructure protection, and the capability to communicate securely with other members.
40,255 MEMBERS (Including FBI)
i read about Ifraguard right here on FR about 1-2yrs ago to me it just sounds like a form of Homeland Security
i read about Ifraguard right here on FR about 1-2yrs ago to me it just sounds like a form of Homeland Security
With Obama at the helm, ,and “Universities” full of leftist whackos advizing, I wonder what would come to pass if the US public was in revolt against its own government, an increasingly likely proposition , it would seem.
I’m a member of it for more than 5 years now. It seems pretty harmless and I get to see some interesting FBI presentations. I work for a technology company so the reason I belong is because I have done a lot of hacking/security related work in my job.
The idea behind this org is that if we are under attack, we have professionals that work in the nations infrastructure on-call if they are needed to help in this type of emergency situation. Computer, manufacturing, water supply, chemical plants, utilities, banks etc have some representation.
I haven’t seen anything myself that would indicate that this group has any overt power or control beyond what would be expected. However, I do keep my membership up to date specifically to watch for any overstepping of boundaries or the constitution..
Also, this org is part of Homeland security and was created pre-obama.
jes’ mo’ big bruvver....
Thank you :-)
Yep. Lots of information here....keyword infragard.
I hope we have a few people like you aboard.
Its good that you are there.
This certainly is an interesting report that Infragard decided it needed to do.
Ping to Post #12
Infra Gard fles report on Obama eligibility
, link at that posting.
The First Brigade Combat Team is mechanized, based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. According to the linked article, they woud be called out to quell any disorder resulting from the ineligibility of the president, in particular the refusal to commply with any laws or orders he had signed into existence.( Good Luck with that one.)
Here is a regimental breakdown of the 1st Brigade Combat Team that would be involved:
http://www.stewart.army.mil/units/1BCT/home.asp
Have I heard of this group?
Yes, and they’ve infiltrated a Technological Institute near to where I live.
http://www.iawire.org/news_031506_cae.shtml
( From Anonymous Freeper)
Maybe so, but I’m just having a heck of a lot of trouble believing folks like you are going to end upon the same side as folks like me. Perhaps you think you are, and I hope you’re right.
That’s reassuring...I don’t have any trust of the gov’t at this point, so thanks for posting that.
Another police state apparatus, that expanded under Bush.
Seems to me it would be prudent for any of us on this forum who knows or can work to meet anyone who is part of these organizations to slowly ascertain what attitudes are part of the phsyci of those people. Are they the type to see the masses as a threat or would they side with a tyrant? It seems to me that we need to know who our friends are and who may turn against us.
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