DOD DIRECTIVE 3020.40
M
ISSION ASSURANCE (MA)
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Effective: November 29, 2016
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the DoD Issuances Website at
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.
Reissues and Cancels: DoD Directive 3020.40, “DoD Policy and Responsibilities for Critical
Infrastructure,” January 14, 2010
Approved by: Robert O. Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Purpose: This issuance:
• Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities to meet the goals of refining, integrating, and
synchronizing aspects of DoD security, protection, and risk-management programs that directly relate to
mission execution as described in the DoD Mission Assurance Strategy and Mission Assurance
Implementation Framework.
• Assigns responsibilities for execution of critical infrastructure roles assigned to DoD in Presidential
Policy Directive (PPD)-21 and prescribed in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5220.22. Ensures consistency
with applicable provisions of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan and compliance with applicable
provisions of Part 29 of Title 6, Code of Federal Regulations.
• Maintains a Defense Critical Infrastructure (DCI) line of effort within MA to sustain programming,
resources, functions, and activities supporting those responsibilities formerly under the Defense Critical
Infrastructure Program (DCIP).
• Establishes the Mission Assurance Coordination Board (MACB) structure to manage risk at the DoD
level through the MA Senior Steering Group (MA SSG) and the MA Executive Steering Group (MA
ESG)).
• Integrates MA with existing DoD risk-management efforts such as the Defense Planning Guidance
and the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process.
• Integrates MA-related responsibilities assigned in the DoD Cyber Strategy.
