Critical infrastructures (KRITIS) are organizations and facilities that are of great importance to the state community. A failure or impairment of these infrastructures could result in long-term supply bottlenecks, significant disruptions to public safety or other serious consequences. Critical Infrastructure Sectors energy Information technology and telecommunications Transport and traffic Health Media and Culture Water Nutrition Finance and insurance Municipal waste disposal State and administration All organizations in these sectors, regardless of their size, are considered critical infrastructures (KRITIS). However, the government and administration sectors as well as the media and culture sectors are not subject to regulation by the BSIG. Regulation of KRITIS sectors by the BSIG According to Section 2 Paragraph 10 of the Federal Act on Information Security (BSIG), critical infrastructures include facilities, systems or parts thereof that belong to the sectors of energy, information technology and telecommunications, transport and traffic, health, water, food, finance and insurance, and municipal waste disposal. These are protected because of their essential importance for the functioning of the community, as their failure or impairment could result in significant supply bottlenecks or threats to public safety. The specific details of these critical infrastructures are laid down in the legal ordinance pursuant to Section 10 Paragraph 1 BSIG (BSI-Kritisverordnung). BSI-Kritisverordnung: Definition of critical services and thresholds The BSI-Kritis Ordinance specifies which facilities, systems or parts thereof are considered critical infrastructures within the meaning of the BSIG due to their importance for supplying the population and thus for the functioning of the community. Classification as KRITIS is based on whether specified threshold values ​​are reached or exceeded. As soon as these threshold values ​​are reached or exceeded, the operators of KRITIS are subject to the statutory reporting and proof obligations of the BSIG. For plant operators whose facilities do not reach the threshold values ​​of the BSI-Kritis Ordinance, participation in UP KRITIS is nevertheless recommended.