THE VULNERABILITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CYBER THREATS
THE VULNERABILITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CYBER THREATS

Summary/Abstract: Critical infrastructures (CIs) are the specific physical, non-physical, and cyber resources or assets and systems that provide reliable essential services, which are indispensable for day-by-day life of the population, social wellbeing, and economy. The broad spread and access to existing and new technologies, gadgets or tools based on information and communication technology (ICT) offer to modern societies an important variety of services necessary for current life of citizens and for controlling the well functioning of critical infrastructure sectors. The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic view related to the vulnerability issues of critical infrastructure functioning in a continuous changing cyber environment from the perspective of emerging cyber threats. During cyber attacks, the normal running of critical infrastructures is affected and the critical infrastructure security programs have to identify and mitigate the cyber threats in order to counter them. The critical infrastructure interdependencies are taking also into account for having a relevant analysis and a broad picture of real effects of cyber attacks on critical infrastructures.

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