COOPERATION BETWEEN BUSINESS AND THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE AREA OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

The globalisation of the world, and thus indirectly of security, poses serious dilemmas for the modern society about how to continue basing its development on the fundamental requirements related to the free movement of goods, services and people, and, on the other hand, about how to keep threats at an acceptable risk level. The emergence of asymmetric forms of threat to national and international security is based on completely different assumptions and perceptions of the basic concepts of providing security. The changing social conditions and tensions caused by the rapid technological development found particular social environments totally unprepared for confronting the new global security situation and, above all, the newly-emerging complex security threats. The integration of critical infrastructure protection processes into a comprehensive system of national security provision at the national and consequently the international level will be a very demanding project in terms of coordination and awareness of the necessity or regulating that area. In addition, it will represent a very significant shift in the attitude and mentality of all the participants involved. This paper addresses in detail some important dilemmas and factors which have a strong impact on the level of awareness, cooperation and confidence of all partners in the public and private environment that share the need for the protection of critical infrastructure.

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Minign Critical Infrastructure Information from Municipality Data Sets

Emerging Spatial Information Systems and Applications ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-075-2.ch014 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 310-325

Author(s):

William J. Tolone ◽

Wei-Ning Xiang ◽

Anita Raja ◽

David Wilson ◽

Qianhong Tang ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Tacit Knowledge ◽

Critical Infrastructure ◽

Southeastern United States ◽

Public Domain ◽

Data Sets ◽

Critical Infrastructure Protection ◽

Infrastructure Protection ◽

Domain Experts ◽

The Public

An essential task in critical infrastructure protection is the assessment of critical infrastructure vulnerabilities. The use of scenario sets is widely regarded as the best form for such assessments. Unfortunately, the construction of scenario sets is hindered by a lack in the public domain of critical infrastructure information as such information is commonly confidential, proprietary, or business sensitive. At the same time, there is a wealth of municipal data in the public domain that is pertinent to critical infrastructures. However, to date, there are no reported studies on how to extract only the most relevant CI information from these municipal sources, nor does a methodology exist that guides the practice of CI information mining on municipal data sets. This problem is particularly challenging as these data sets are typically voluminous, heterogeneous, and even entrapping. In this chapter, we propose a knowledge-driven methodology that facilitates the extraction of CI information from public domain, i.e., open source, municipal data sets. Under this methodology, pieces of deep, though usually tacit, knowledge acquired from CI domain experts are employed as keys to decipher the massive sets of municipal data and extract the relevant CI information. The proposed methodology was tested successfully on a municipality in the Southeastern United States. The methodology is considered a viable choice for CIP professionals in their efforts to gather CI information for scenario composition and vulnerability assessment.

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On the notion of “Partnership” in Critical Infrastructure Protection

European Journal of Risk Regulation ◽

10.1017/s1867299x00004554 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 255-262 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Patricia Wiater

Keyword(s):

National Security ◽

Critical Reflection ◽

Critical Infrastructure ◽

National Strategy ◽

Critical Infrastructure Protection ◽

Infrastructure Protection ◽

The Public ◽

Political Approach ◽

Market Intervention ◽

Industry Associations

This article is a critical reflection on the manifoldness of the notion of “partnership” in Critical Infrastructure Protection. It is argued that the partnership arrangement can be a promising political approach to CIP if the details of public-private cooperation – that is: the participants, the duration, the responsibilities and duties, as well as possible financial compensation – are formalized. Illusionary ideas of a “partner-like” relationship between the public and the private, such as those laid down in the German “National Strategy for Critical Infrastructure Protection”, are, however, doomed to fail. State authorities have to actively offer binding regulatory arrangements to private CI firms in order to establish which companies genuinely agree to cooperate – and which do not. Due to the state's constitutional obligation to guarantee national security and protect the life and health of its citizens, introducing legal requirements is the only possible reaction to a company's refusal to cooperate. In order to avoid overly intrusive market intervention, the state's offer to private firms or their industry associations to conclude binding regulatory contracts on CIP matters may serve as a promising compromise between a laissez-faire approach and regulation.

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Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure Protection

National Security ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7912-0.ch030 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 615-632

Author(s):

Denis Čaleta

Keyword(s):

Critical Infrastructure ◽

Technological Development ◽

Modern Society ◽

Risk Level ◽

Strong Impact ◽

Critical Infrastructure Protection ◽

Social Environments ◽

Public And Private ◽

Infrastructure Protection ◽

The Public

The globalisation of the world, and thus indirectly of security, poses serious dilemmas for the modern society about how to continue basing its development on the fundamental requirements related to the free movement of goods, services and people, and, on the other hand, about how to keep threats at an acceptable risk level. The emergence of asymmetric forms of threat to national and international security is based on completely different assumptions and perceptions of the basic concepts of providing security. The changing social conditions and tensions caused by the rapid technological development found particular social environments totally unprepared for confronting the new global security situation and, above all, the newly-emerging complex security threats. The integration of critical infrastructure protection processes into a comprehensive system of national security provision at the national and consequently the international level will be a very demanding project in terms of coordination and awareness of the necessity or regulating that area. In addition, it will represent a very significant shift in the attitude and mentality of all the participants involved. This paper addresses in detail some important dilemmas and factors which have a strong impact on the level of awareness, cooperation and confidence of all partners in the public and private environment that share the need for the protection of critical infrastructure.

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POLICE AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0002.3052 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 161 (3) ◽

pp. 143-162

Author(s):

Agata TYBURSKA

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Public Administration ◽

Critical Infrastructure ◽

Public Order ◽

Critical Infrastructure Protection ◽

Protective Measures ◽

Infrastructure Protection ◽

New Look

Police is an organization mainly identified as the authority responsible for public order and safety. Providing the country with the appropriate level of security requires a new look at the role of the authorities, including the police, involved in security matters. New, so far non-existing threats result from human dependence upon scientific and technological achievements. Efficient sectors such as energy, fuel, transportation, telecommunications, finance, health care, or any other sector ensuring continuity of public administration bodies, make our lives easier but at the same time pose a great threat to public order and safety. Additional threats result from interdependencies among elements of particular sectors, which we remain unaware of. The provision of relevant protective measures and identification of tasks assigned to the authorities involved in security pose a challenge not only to services and guards, but also to enterprises and public administration bodies involved in the development of regulations related to critical infrastructure protection as well as those which introduce regulations, guidelines or procedures.

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SELECTED ASPECTS OF ACTS OF LAW CONCERNING CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION / WYBRANE ASPEKTY PRAWNE W ZAKRESIE ZARZĄDZANIA KRYZYSOWEGO I OCHRONY INFRASTRUKTURY KRYTYCZNEJ

Journal of Konbin ◽

10.2478/jok-2013-0084 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 79-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mirosław Siergiejczyk ◽

Przemysław Dziula

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Public Administration ◽

Crisis Management ◽

Critical Infrastructure ◽

Special Focus ◽

Critical Infrastructure Protection ◽

Infrastructure Protection ◽

Infrastructure Systems ◽

The Republic ◽

Critical Infrastructure Systems

Abstract The paper presents principle aspects of law acts concerning crisis management, currently in force in the Republic of Poland. Fundamental definitions and assumptions included in them, with a special focus on critical infrastructure and its protection, have been also shown. The paper presents also latest alterations of Polish legislation relating crisis management, inspired by respective changes of European Union directives. Article is also mentioning tasks of newly established public administration institutions, appointed on the basis of crisis management related legislation implementation, plus, concerned with them, new obligation of so called: sole and dependent owners of critical infrastructure systems.

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