Critical Infrastructure (repost)
Critical Infrastructure
CRC Press; 1 edition | August 27, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1420068350 | 344 pages | PDF | 11.5 Mb
CRC Press; 1 edition | August 27, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1420068350 | 344 pages | PDF | 11.5 Mb
Critical Infrastructure (CI) is fundamental to the functioning of a modern economy, and consequently, maintaining CI security is paramount. However, despite all the security technology available for threats and risks to CI, this crucial area often generates more fear than rational discussion. Apprehension unfortunately prompts many involved in CI policy to default to old-fashioned intuition rather than depend on modern concrete risk assessment as the basis for vital security decisions.
Going beyond definitions, Critical Infrastructure: Understanding Its Component Parts, Vulnerabilities, Operating Risks, and Interdependencies looks at the iron triangle within CI: power, telecom, and finance. It introduces the concept of CI as an industrial and enterprise risk conductor, highlighting the reality that a CI failure can propagate a crisis with far-reaching repercussions.