Key Concepts For Critical Infrastructure Research

Author : Jens Ivo Engels
Publisher : Springer
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783658229207

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Key Concepts for Critical Infrastructure Research by Jens Ivo Engels Pdf

The discussion of critical infrastructures is dominated by the use of the interlinked concepts “criticality”, “vulnerability”, “resilience”, and “preparedness and prevention”. These terms can be detected in public discourse as well as in scientific debates. Often, they are used simultaneously in a normative as well as in a descriptive way. The PhD candidates of the interdisciplinary Research Training Group KRITIS at Technische Universität Darmstadt examine these concepts systematically one by one and discuss the links between them. They give a critical overview over the uses and limitations of these concepts. Informed by the approaches in Science and Technology Studies, they focus on the interrelatedness of technology and society. The book aims at creating a common ground for interdisciplinary infrastructure research. The authors are from history, philosophy, political science, civil engineering, urban and spatial planning and computer science.

Author : Christian Reuter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783658256524

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Information Technology for Peace and Security by Christian Reuter Pdf

This book offers an introduction to Information Technology with regard to peace, conflict, and security research, a topic that it approaches from natural science, technical and computer science perspectives. Following an initial review of the fundamental roles of IT in connection with peace, conflict and security, the contributing authors address the rise of cyber conflicts via information warfare, cyber espionage, cyber defence and Darknets. The book subsequently explores recent examples of cyber warfare, including: • The Stuxnet attack on Iran’s uranium refining capability • The hacking of the German Federal Parliament’s internal communication system • The Wannacry malware campaign, which used software stolen from a US security agency to launch ransomware attacks worldwide The book then introduces readers to the concept of cyber peace, including a discussion of confidence and security-building measures. A section on Cyber Arms Control draws comparisons to global efforts to control chemical warfare, to reduce the risk of nuclear war, and to prevent the militarization of space. Additional topics include the security of critical information infrastructures, and cultural violence and peace in social media. The book concludes with an outlook on the future role of IT in peace and security. Information Technology for Peace and Security breaks new ground in a largely unexplored field of study, and offers a valuable asset for a broad readership including students, educators and working professionals in computer science, IT security, peace and conflict studies, and political science.

Author : Laing, Christopher
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466626904

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Securing Critical Infrastructures and Critical Control Systems: Approaches for Threat Protection by Laing, Christopher Pdf

The increased use of technology is necessary in order for industrial control systems to maintain and monitor industrial, infrastructural, or environmental processes. The need to secure and identify threats to the system is equally critical. Securing Critical Infrastructures and Critical Control Systems: Approaches for Threat Protection provides a full and detailed understanding of the vulnerabilities and security threats that exist within an industrial control system. This collection of research defines and analyzes the technical, procedural, and managerial responses to securing these systems.

Author : Javier Lopez,Roberto Setola,Stephen Wolthusen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642289194

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Critical Infrastructure Protection by Javier Lopez,Roberto Setola,Stephen Wolthusen Pdf

The present volume aims to provide an overview of the current understanding of the so-called Critical Infrastructure (CI), and particularly the Critical Information Infrastructure (CII), which not only forms one of the constituent sectors of the overall CI, but also is unique in providing an element of interconnection between sectors as well as often also intra-sectoral control mechanisms. The 14 papers of this book present a collection of pieces of scientific work in the areas of critical infrastructure protection. In combining elementary concepts and models with policy-related issues on one hand and placing an emphasis on the timely area of control systems, the book aims to highlight some of the key issues facing the research community.

Author : Roberto Setola,Vittorio Rosato,Elias Kyriakides,Erich Rome
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 50,7 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 : 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 : 51,8 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 : E. Goetz,S. Shenoi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780387754628

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Critical Infrastructure Protection by E. Goetz,S. Shenoi Pdf

The information infrastructure--comprising computers, embedded devices, networks and software systems--is vital to operations in every sector. Global business and industry, governments, and society itself, cannot function effectively if major components of the critical information infrastructure are degraded, disabled or destroyed. This book contains a selection of 27 edited papers from the First Annual IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
ISBN : OCLC:49301583

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Report on the Federal Agenda in Critical Infrastructure Protection Research and Development by Anonim Pdf

Author : Myriam Anna Dunn,Kristian Søby Kristensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134069194

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Securing 'the Homeland' by Myriam Anna Dunn,Kristian Søby Kristensen Pdf

This edited volume uses a ‘constructivist/reflexive’ approach to address critical infrastructure protection (CIP), a central political practice associated with national security. The politics of CIP, and the construction of the threat they are meant to counter, effectively establish a powerful discursive connection between that the traditional and normal conditions for day-to-day politics and the exceptional dynamics of national security. Combining political theory and empirical case studies, this volume addresses key issues related to protection and the governance of insecurity in the contemporary world. The contributors track the transformation and evolution of critical infrastructures (and closely related issues of homeland security) into a security problem, and analyze how practices associated with CIP constitute, and are an expression of, changing notions of security and insecurity. The book explores aspects of ‘securitisation’ as well as at practices, audiences, and contexts that enable and constrain the production of the specific form of governmentality that CIP exemplifies. It also explores the rationalities at play, the effects of these security practices, and the implications for our understanding of security and politics today.

Author : Marcus Matthias Keupp
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030418267

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The Security of Critical Infrastructures by Marcus Matthias Keupp Pdf

This book analyzes the security of critical infrastructures such as road, rail, water, health, and electricity networks that are vital for a nation’s society and economy, and assesses the resilience of these networks to intentional attacks. The book combines the analytical capabilities of experts in operations research and management, economics, risk analysis, and defense management, and presents graph theoretical analysis, advanced statistics, and applied modeling methods. In many chapters, the authors provide reproducible code that is available from the publisher’s website. Lastly, the book identifies and discusses implications for risk assessment, policy, and insurability. The insights it offers are globally applicable, and not limited to particular locations, countries or contexts. Researchers, intelligence analysts, homeland security staff, and professionals who operate critical infrastructures will greatly benefit from the methods, models and findings presented. While each of the twelve chapters is self-contained, taken together they provide a sound basis for informed decision-making and more effective operations, policy, and defense.

Author : National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and the Law
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003-05-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780309088787

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Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and the Law by National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and the Law Pdf

All critical infrastructures are increasingly dependent on the information infrastructure for information management, communications, and control functions. Protection of the critical information infrastructure (CIIP), therefore, is of prime concern. To help with this step, the National Academy of Engineering asked the NRC to assess the various legal issues associated with CIIP. These issues include incentives and disincentives for information sharing between the public and private sectors, and the role of FOIA and antitrust laws as a barrier or facilitator to progress. The report also provides a preliminary analysis of the role of criminal law, liability law, and the establishment of best practices, in encouraging various stakeholders to secure their computer systems and networks.

Author : Auroop Ratan Ganguly,Udit Bhatia,Stephen E. Flynn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498758642

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Critical Infrastructures Resilience by Auroop Ratan Ganguly,Udit Bhatia,Stephen E. Flynn Pdf

This text offers comprehensive and principled, yet practical, guidelines to critical infrastructures resilience. Extreme events and stresses, including those that may be unprecedented but are no longer surprising, have disproportionate effects on critical infrastructures and hence on communities, cities, and megaregions. Critical infrastructures include buildings and bridges, dams, levees, and sea walls, as well as power plants and chemical factories, besides lifeline networks such as multimodal transportation, power grids, communication, and water or wastewater. The growing interconnectedness of natural-built-human systems causes cascading infrastructure failures and necessitates simultaneous recovery. This text explores the new paradigm centered on the concept of resilience by approaching the challenges posed by globalization, climate change, and growing urbanization on critical infrastructures and key resources through the combination of policy and engineering perspectives. It identifies solutions that are scientifically credible, data driven, and sound in engineering principles while concurrently informed by and supportive of social and policy imperatives. Critical Infrastructures Resilience will be of interest to students of engineering and policy.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Toward Sustainable Critical Infrastructure Systems: Framing the Challenges Workshop Committee
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309140867

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Sustainable Critical Infrastructure Systems by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Toward Sustainable Critical Infrastructure Systems: Framing the Challenges Workshop Committee Pdf

For the people of the United States, the 20th century was one of unprecedented population growth, economic development, and improved quality of life. The critical infrastructure systems-water, wastewater, power, transportation, and telecommunications-built in the 20th century have become so much a part of modern life that they are taken for granted. By 2030, 60 million more Americans will expect these systems to deliver essential services. Large segments and components of the nation's critical infrastructure systems are now 50 to 100 years old, and their performance and condition are deteriorating. Improvements are clearly necessary. However, approaching infrastructure renewal by continuing to use the same processes, practices, technologies, and materials that were developed in the 20th century will likely yield the same results: increasing instances of service disruptions, higher operating and repair costs, and the possibility of catastrophic, cascading failures. If the nation is to meet some of the important challenges of the 21st century, a new paradigm for the renewal of critical infrastructure systems is needed. This book discusses the essential components of this new paradigm, and outlines a framework to ensure that ongoing activities, knowledge, and technologies can be aligned and leveraged to help meet multiple national objectives.

Author : Robert Radvanovsky,Allan Mcdougall
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003807360

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Critical Infrastructure by Robert Radvanovsky,Allan Mcdougall Pdf

Critical Infrastructure: Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Fifth Edition represents a continuation of research and recommendations from the past editions that spans nearly twenty years of focusing on critical infrastructure (CI) protection. Over that time, the operating, threat, and technical environments have changed drastically. The doctrines that have guided practitioners across various domains have also evolved due to changing demands. This is a natural result when doctrines collide and gradually evolve toward, and coalesce into, a singular understanding of an issue. Those who have practiced in this domain have seen these collisions in the past - an example being the convergence of physical security and cyber information and operational) technologies security. It is with this backdrop and understanding of the domain that the authors not only describe the current state of affairs, but also provide a means through which researchers and participants - such as practitioners, students, industry stakeholders, owners, and operators in various government and private CI sectors - can look at trends and changes the in the domain that may not be apparent elsewhere. The authors identify shifts in today’s environment that move the thinking away from simply the robustness of systems to their adaptability and resilience. They outline design processes that, likewise, are evolving away from the simple adoption of best practices to risk-based management and even towards structures based on engineering-driven principles. These changes are not occurring at a unified pace and the differences can result in tensions between certain communities. However, the debate itself is indicative of the critical thinking that is beginning to take hold within each infrastructure domain. Critical Infrastructure, Fifth Edition continues to critically examine the evolving importance of our critical infrastructure to our society - recognizing the underpinning value of cyber technology and how physical infrastructures and delivery models impact and affect people and society.

Author : Javier Lopez,Roberto Setola,Stephen Wolthusen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3642289215

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Critical Infrastructure Protection by Javier Lopez,Roberto Setola,Stephen Wolthusen Pdf

The present volume aims to provide an overview of the current understanding of the so-called Critical Infrastructure (CI), and particularly the Critical Information Infrastructure (CII), which not only forms one of the constituent sectors of the overall CI, but also is unique in providing an element of interconnection between sectors as well as often also intra-sectoral control mechanisms. The 14 papers of this book present a collection of pieces of scientific work in the areas of critical infrastructure protection. In combining elementary concepts and models with policy-related issues on one hand and placing an emphasis on the timely area of control systems, the book aims to highlight some of the key issues facing the research community.