Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation

Abstract

The nation's health, wealth, and security rely on the production and distribution of certain goods and services. The array of physical assets, processes and organizations across which these goods and services move are called critical infrastructures (e.g. electricity, the power plants that generate it, and the electric grid upon which it is distributed). Computers and communications, themselves critical infrastructures, are increasingly tying these infrastructures together. There is concern that this reliance on computers and computer networks raises the vulnerability of the nation's critical infrastructures to "cyber" attacks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 14, 2001
Accession Number
ADA477168

Entities

People

  • John D. Moteff

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Emergency Response
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Law
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security Personnel

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Cyber