31 CFR § 800.214 - Critical infrastructure.

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title: "31 CFR § 800.214 - Critical infrastructure."
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# 800.214 Critical infrastructure.

The term *critical infrastructure* means, in the context of a particular covered control transaction, systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems or assets would have a debilitating impact on national security.