Executive Order 13010

Citation: Executive Order 13010, Critical Infrastructure Protection, 61 Fed. Reg. 3747-50 (July 17, 1996).

Executive Order 13010 established the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection to study the nation’s vulnerabilities to both cyber and physical threats. Executive Order 13010 also identified the need for the government and the private sector to work together to establish a strategy for protecting critical infrastructures from physical and cyber threats and assuring their continued operation.