Critical Space Infrastructures

Author : Alexandru Georgescu,Adrian V. Gheorghe,Marius-Ioan Piso,Polinpapilinho F. Katina
Publisher : Springer
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030126049

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Critical Space Infrastructures by Alexandru Georgescu,Adrian V. Gheorghe,Marius-Ioan Piso,Polinpapilinho F. Katina Pdf

This book introduces readers to the topical area of CSI: critical space infrastructure, which is defined as an emerging domain of systems-of-systems encompassing hardware, workforce, environment, facilities, business and organizational entities. Further, it includes unmanned air systems, satellites, rockets, space probes, and orbital stations, and involves multi-directional interactions essential for maintenance of vital societal functions (i.e., health, safety, economic and social well-being), the loss or disruption of which would have significant impact on virtually any nation. The topics covered include the main elements of CSI, CSI taxonomy, effects of CSI on other infrastructure systems, establishing quantitative and qualitative parameters, global and national effects of CSI failure, cascading disruptive phenomena, chilling effects in various fields, CSI protection, deliberate threats to space systems (e.g., electromagnetic pulse attacks), space governance, and a path forward for CSI research. Modern society is highly dependent on the continuous operation of critical infrastructure systems for the supply of crucial goods and services including, among others, the power supply, drinking water supply, and transportation systems; yet space systems – which are critical enablers for several commercial, scientific and military applications – are rarely discussed. This book addresses this gap.

Author : U. Tatar,A.V. Gheorghe,O.F. Keskin
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781643680736

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Space Infrastructures: From Risk to Resilience Governance by U. Tatar,A.V. Gheorghe,O.F. Keskin Pdf

Space-critical infrastructures represent an interdependent system of systems consisting of workforce, environment, facilities, and multidirectional interactions. These are essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions such as health, safety, security, mobility, and the economic and social well-being of people, and their destruction or disruption would have a significant impact on society as a whole. In all, 79 nations and government consortia currently operate satellites, with 11 countries operating 22 launch sites. Despite creating new challenges, this multi-actor environment offers opportunities for international cooperation, but making the most of these opportunities requires a holistic approach to space-critical infrastructure, away from strictly defined space technologies and towards understanding the resilience of complex systems and how they are intertwined in reality. This book presents papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), entitled Critical Space Infrastructure: From Vulnerabilities and Threats to Resilience, held in Norfolk, Virginia, USA from 21-22 May 2019. The ARW brought together representatives from academia, industry, and international organizations in an effort to deepen scientific and technological understanding of space-critical infrastructures and explore the implications for national and international space security and resilience. It examined space as a critical infrastructure from a multidisciplinary perspective in accordance with NATO’s Strategic Concept. The 29 chapters in the book are divided into six sections covering space infrastructure: governance; cybersecurity; risk, resiliency and complexity; emerging technologies such as block chain, artificial intelligence and quantum computing; application domains; and national approaches and applications.

Author : Schrogl, Kai-Uwe,Giannopapa, Christina,Antoni, Ntorina
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781800374744

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A Research Agenda for Space Policy by Schrogl, Kai-Uwe,Giannopapa, Christina,Antoni, Ntorina Pdf

Space policy is now a top priority in international relations. This timely Research Agenda takes the definition of space policy itself as an object of analysis rather than as an unquestioned premise. It presents the multi-faceted spectrum of elements combined within space policy which are crucially relevant to security, welfare and modern society. Expert international contributors set out a forward-looking research agenda for the 2020s, identifying key problems and conflicts related to the topic and exploring policy, regulatory approaches and diplomatic mechanisms to reach possible solutions.

Author : Andreas Ruby,Ilka Ruby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 3944074181

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Infrastructure Space by Andreas Ruby,Ilka Ruby Pdf

Is infrastructure but the plumbing and wiring of the human environment, or is it the true lifeblood of the spaces we inhabit? Infrastructural systems facilitate the flow of anything from people and goods to resources and information. While engineered to perform specific tasks, such networks also determine the structure of buildings, cities, and metropolitan regions, if not of entire nations and the planet itself.0Taking this critical leverage in consideration, this book calls for expanding and renegotiating the roles of infrastructure not only as a technical, but also as a political, economic, social, and even aesthetic matter of concern for all, claimed not only as the means for achieving more resilient forms of development, but moreover as a right to a sustainable way of life.0Twenty-five essays?by architects, engineers, urban theorists and policy-makers?address infrastructure as ?thing?, ?networked system? and ?agency? respectively in three chapters, which are periodically interspersed by a visual atlas of examples, that playfully celebrate infrastructure through the lens of its spatial qualities.

Author : Dimitris Gritzalis,Marianthi Theocharidou,George Stergiopoulos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030000240

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Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience by Dimitris Gritzalis,Marianthi Theocharidou,George Stergiopoulos Pdf

This book presents the latest trends in attacks and protection methods of Critical Infrastructures. It describes original research models and applied solutions for protecting major emerging threats in Critical Infrastructures and their underlying networks. It presents a number of emerging endeavors, from newly adopted technical expertise in industrial security to efficient modeling and implementation of attacks and relevant security measures in industrial control systems; including advancements in hardware and services security, interdependency networks, risk analysis, and control systems security along with their underlying protocols. Novel attacks against Critical Infrastructures (CI) demand novel security solutions. Simply adding more of what is done already (e.g. more thorough risk assessments, more expensive Intrusion Prevention/Detection Systems, more efficient firewalls, etc.) is simply not enough against threats and attacks that seem to have evolved beyond modern analyses and protection methods. The knowledge presented here will help Critical Infrastructure authorities, security officers, Industrial Control Systems (ICS) personnel and relevant researchers to (i) get acquainted with advancements in the field, (ii) integrate security research into their industrial or research work, (iii) evolve current practices in modeling and analyzing Critical Infrastructures, and (iv) moderate potential crises and emergencies influencing or emerging from Critical Infrastructures.

Author : Per Hokstad,Ingrid B. Utne,Jørn Vatn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781447146612

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Risk and Interdependencies in Critical Infrastructures by Per Hokstad,Ingrid B. Utne,Jørn Vatn Pdf

Today’s society is completely dependent on critical networks such as water supply, sewage, electricity, ICT and transportation. Risk and vulnerability analyses are needed to grasp the impact of threats and hazards. However, these become quite complex as there are strong interdependencies both within and between infrastructure systems. Risk and Interdependencies in Critical Infrastructures: A guideline for analysis provides methods for analyzing risks and interdependencies of critical infrastructures. A number of analysis approaches are described and are adapted to each of these infrastructures. Various approaches are also revised, and all are supported by several examples and illustrations. Particular emphasis is given to the analysis of various interdependencies that often exist between the infrastructures. Risk and Interdependencies in Critical Infrastructures: A guideline for analysis provides a good tool to identify the hazards that are threatening your infrastructures, and will enhance the understanding on how these threats can propagate throughout the system and also affect other infrastructures, thereby identifying useful risk reducing measures. It is essential reading for municipalities and infrastructure owners that are obliged to know about and prepare for the risks and vulnerabilities of the critical infrastructures for which they are responsible.

Author : Roberto Setola,Vittorio Rosato,Elias Kyriakides,Erich Rome
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319510439

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Managing the Complexity of Critical Infrastructures by Roberto Setola,Vittorio Rosato,Elias Kyriakides,Erich Rome Pdf

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book summarizes work being pursued in the context of the CIPRNet (Critical Infrastructure Preparedness and Resilience Research Network) research project, co-funded by the European Union under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The project is intended to provide concrete and on-going support to the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) research communities, enhancing their preparedness for CI-related emergencies, while also providing expertise and technologies for other stakeholders to promote their understanding and mitigation of the consequences of CI disruptions, leading to enhanced resilience. The book collects the tutorial material developed by the authors for several courses on the modelling, simulation and analysis of CIs, representing extensive and integrated CIP expertise. It will help CI stakeholders, CI operators and civil protection authorities understand the complex system of CIs, and help them adapt to these changes and threats in order to be as prepared as possible for mitigating emergencies and crises affecting or arising from CIs.

Author : Keller Easterling
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781781687802

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Extrastatecraft by Keller Easterling Pdf

Extrastatecraft is the operating system of the modern world: the skyline of Dubai, the subterranean pipes and cables sustaining urban life, free-trade zones, the standardized dimensions of credit cards, and hyper-consumerist shopping malls. It is all this and more. Infrastructure sets the invisible rules that govern the spaces of our everyday lives, making the city the key site of power and resistance in the twenty-first century. Keller Easterling reveals the nexus of emerging governmental and corporate forces buried within the concrete and fiber-optics of our modern habitat. Extrastatecraftwill change how we think about cities-and, perhaps, how we live in them.

Author : Théron, Paul
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466629653

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Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and Resilience in the ICT Sector by Théron, Paul Pdf

With the progression of technological breakthroughs creating dependencies on telecommunications, the internet, and social networks connecting our society, CIIP (Critical Information Infrastructure Protection) has gained significant focus in order to avoid cyber attacks, cyber hazards, and a general breakdown of services. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and Resilience in the ICT Sector brings together a variety of empirical research on the resilience in the ICT sector and critical information infrastructure protection in the context of uncertainty and lack of data about potential threats and hazards. This book presents a variety of perspectives on computer science, economy, risk analysis, and social sciences; beneficial to academia, governments, and other organisations engaged or interested in CIIP, Resilience and Emergency Preparedness in the ICT sector.

Author : Robert F. Dacey
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0756731437

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Critical Infrastructure Protection by Robert F. Dacey Pdf

Because the Fed. gov't. relies on commercial satellites (CS), security threats leading to their disruption or loss would put gov't. functions (incl. communications and info. transmission) at significant risk. The GAO was asked to review, among other things, the techniques used by Fed. agencies to reduce the risk assoc. with using CS, as well as efforts to improve satellite system security undertaken as part of Fed. efforts in critical infrastructure protection. GAO recommends that steps be taken to promote the appropriate development and implementation of policy regarding the security of CS systems. Recommends that CS be identified as a critical infrastructure in the national critical infrastructure protection strategy. Charts and tables.

Author : Sajal K Das,Krishna Kant,Nan Zhang
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 849 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780124159105

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Handbook on Securing Cyber-Physical Critical Infrastructure by Sajal K Das,Krishna Kant,Nan Zhang Pdf

The worldwide reach of the Internet allows malicious cyber criminals to coordinate and launch attacks on both cyber and cyber-physical infrastructure from anywhere in the world. This purpose of this handbook is to introduce the theoretical foundations and practical solution techniques for securing critical cyber and physical infrastructures as well as their underlying computing and communication architectures and systems. Examples of such infrastructures include utility networks (e.g., electrical power grids), ground transportation systems (automotives, roads, bridges and tunnels), airports and air traffic control systems, wired and wireless communication and sensor networks, systems for storing and distributing water and food supplies, medical and healthcare delivery systems, as well as financial, banking and commercial transaction assets. The handbook focus mostly on the scientific foundations and engineering techniques – while also addressing the proper integration of policies and access control mechanisms, for example, how human-developed policies can be properly enforced by an automated system. Addresses the technical challenges facing design of secure infrastructures by providing examples of problems and solutions from a wide variety of internal and external attack scenarios Includes contributions from leading researchers and practitioners in relevant application areas such as smart power grid, intelligent transportation systems, healthcare industry and so on Loaded with examples of real world problems and pathways to solutions utilizing specific tools and techniques described in detail throughout

Author : Adrian V. Gheorghe,Dan V. Vamanu,Polinpapilinho F. Katina,Roland Pulfer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319692241

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Critical Infrastructures, Key Resources, Key Assets by Adrian V. Gheorghe,Dan V. Vamanu,Polinpapilinho F. Katina,Roland Pulfer Pdf

In the face of increasing failures, comments attributed to Albert Einstein loom large: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” There is a pervasive feeling that any attempt to make sense of the current terrain of complex systems must involve thinking outside the box and originating unconventional approaches that integrate organizational, managerial, social, political, cultural, and human aspects and their interactions. This textbook offers research-based models and tools for diagnosing and predicting the behavior of complex techno-socio-economic systems in the domain of critical infrastructures, key resources, key assets and the open bazaar of space, undersea, and below-ground systems. These models exemplify emblematic models in physics, within which the critical infrastructures, as well as society itself and its paraphernalia, share the profile of many-body systems featuring cooperative phenomena and phase transitions – the latter usually felt as disruptive occurrences. The book and its models focus on the analytics of real-life-business actors, including policy-makers, financiers and insurers, industry managers, and emergency responders.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998-10-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309062886

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Use of Underground Facilities to Protect Critical Infrastructures by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems Pdf

Author : Karen Firehock,R. Andrew Walker
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610916929

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Strategic Green Infrastructure Planning by Karen Firehock,R. Andrew Walker Pdf

This book addresses the nuts and bolts of planning and preserving natural assets at a variety of scales--from dense urban environments to scenic rural landscapes. A practical guide to creating effective and well-crafted plans and then implementing them, the book presents a six-step process developed and field-tested by the Green Infrastructure Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. Well-organized chapters explain how each step, from setting goals to implementing opportunities, can be applied to a variety of scenarios, customizable to the reader's target geographical location.

Author : Vittorio Rosato,Antonio Di Pietro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Computer networks
ISBN : 1839626283

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Issues on Risk Analysis for Critical Infrastructure Protection by Vittorio Rosato,Antonio Di Pietro Pdf

Critical infrastructure provides essential services to citizens. The mutual dependencies of services between systems form a complex 'system of systems' with a large perturbation surface, prone to be damaged by natural and anthropic events. Their intrinsic and extrinsic vulnerabilities could be overcome by providing them adaptive properties to allow fast and effective recovery from loss of functionality. Resilience is thus the key issue, and its enhancement, at the systemic level, is a priority goal to be achieved. This volume reviews recent insights into the different domains (resilience-enhancing strategies, impact and threats knowledge, and dependency-related issues) and proposes new strategies for better critical infrastructure protection.