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CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Vasile Popa
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies
Keywords: Critical Infrastructure; Vulnerability; Risk; Threat; Critical Infrastructure Protection

Summary/Abstract: The new dynamics and intensity of the risks and threats posed to societal functioning and citizens’ security have acquired new meanings. Consequently, an integrated approach to the concept of ”critical infrastructure” is necessary. The critical nature of some of the basic characteristics of the critical infrastructures has made them acquire new meanings within the national/transnational strategic planning. Moreover, the complexity and importance of critical infrastructure protection for social stability have generated the correlaton of the strategies developed by states and organizations.

  • Issue Year: 4/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 153-158
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English