### Question
How is the term critical infrastructure defined?


### Answer
The term **critical infrastructure** is defined in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 2152* as the following:

> any systems and assets, whether physical or cyber-based, so vital to the United States that the degradation or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on national security, including, but not limited to, national economic security and national public health or safety

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 2152*
  - Heading: **DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950 > ACT SEPT. 8, 1950, CH. 932, 64 STAT. 798 > TITLE VII-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

