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What is Critical Infrastructure
1.
Interconnected networks of people and devices allowing for the delivery of information society services and fulfillment of governmental obligations, including firefighting, transportation services, supply of water or energy or banking services.
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2.
The most important
infrastructure
or related services to provide basic sustenance to citizens like water, utilities, electricity, and internet connection.
Learn more in: National Cybersecurity Strategies
3.
(CI) is assigned in the literature by different definitions. It can define as those assets and systems, that are essential for the maintenance of the social functions, health, safety, security, and economics or social well-being of people.
Learn more in: Uncertainties in Safety and Security: Uncertainties in Critical Infrastructure Protection and Human Factors
4.
An asset, system, or part thereof that are essential for the health, safety, security, economic or social well-being of people, and its disruption or destruction would likely have a significant impact upon the ability of a State to maintain those functions.
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5.
Critical infrastructure
(CI) refers to those essential physical and information technology facilities, networks, services and assets, which, if disrupted or destroyed, would have a serious impact on the health, safety, security, economic or social well-being or the effective functioning of government.
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6.
An asset or system which is essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions.
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7.
Is the backbone of everyday lives in modern society.
Critical infrastructure
s are defined as those systems, assets, or part thereof which are essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions, security and economic security, and the disruption or destruction of which would have a significant impact on the state/nation as a result of the failure to maintain those functions (European Commission, 2008).
Learn more in: Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure: Review and Challenges
8.
An asset that are essential for the functioning of a society and economy are those systems that provide the resources upon which all functions of society depend.
Learn more in: Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure Protection: Public Private Aspects of Resilience
9.
The totality of state
infrastructure
objects that are the most
critical
for the economy and industries, the society functioning and the population protection, and the decommissioning or destruction of which may have an impact on national security and defense, the natural environment, and can lead to significant financial losses and human casualties.
Learn more in: Critical Aviation Information Systems: Identification and Protection
10.
The assets that are essential for the functioning of a society and economy especial in some country.
Learn more in: Security of Infrastructure Systems: Infrastructure Security Assessment
11.
Physical and cyber systems and assets that are so vital to the United States that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on the physical or economic security or public health or safety.
Learn more in: US Cybersecurity Laws and Regulations: Current Trends and Recommendations for Improvement
12.
The
critical infrastructure
refers to the physical or virtual systems and assets so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of these systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economics, national public health or safety, or any combination.
Learn more in: Digital Convergence and Cybersecurity Policy
13.
The systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to society that the incapacity or destruction of such may have a debilitating impact on the security, economy, public health or safety, environment, or any combination of these matters.
Learn more in: National Security Policy and Strategy and Cyber Security Risks
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