The National Protection and Programs Directorate was a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It handled the physical and cyber protection of infrastructure, the biometric identity work, and the federal protective police. In 2018 the component was replaced by a standalone agency with a narrower cyber and infrastructure mandate.
That successor is the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The directorate was the earlier home of the work. The agency is the organization that has it now.
What the Directorate Had Held
- Infrastructure. Partnerships with the operators of critical systems.
- Identity services. Biometric records used by federal agencies.
- Federal buildings. The protective police, later moved with the reorganization.
The Directorate and Its Successor
| Compared | The Directorate | The Successor Agency |
| Years | Until the 2018 reorganization | From that reorganization onward |
| Cyber and infrastructure | Part of a wider portfolio | The center of the mandate |
| Where it sat | Inside the department as a directorate | An agency of the department |