CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION


 

Protecting a regions’ vital infrastructures such as food, agriculture, transportation, and more are called Critical Infrastructure Protection. Every government in every region bears this responsibility of planning and devising a plan for the safety and risk management of the critical infrastructure against natural or man-made disasters like storms, earthquakes, terrorist attacks, and more. 

Disasters are estimated beforehand and then their preventive measures, preparedness, response, and recovery are considered the top priority in Critical Infrastructure Protection plans. As the world is progressing towards a new age of digital advancements, newer threats are showing their faces and the need for better planning has become imminent. Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) enables the nations to prepare for and then respond to serious incidents that can cause harm to critical infrastructure environments and to deal with the ever-growing threats. 

The main thing here is to first assess the infrastructure which is critical. This is done through assessing those infrastructures without which other sectors are affected and that can lead to problems in the working of a nation. For example, if a computer virus affects a computer system that is connected to the electricity supply of a major sector and this leads to electricity failure of a city which is causing problems to the whole nation- then this problem is related to critical infrastructure. 

Banking and finance sectors, transportation sector involving rail, road, air, and water transportation infrastructure as well as computer-controlled transportation sectors, power sectors such as energy supply and oil, gas, electricity and more, information and communication sector, federal and municipal services, fire departments, law enforcement agencies, and public works comes under critical infrastructure sectors which need to assessed properly in order to facilitate risk management to the topmost level. 

CIP follows six phases in case of any natural or man-made disasters. These six phases compile into a life cycle of CIP. These six phases are- 

  1. Analysis and Assessments - determining risks and vulnerabilities
  2. Remediation - planning and precautionary measures according to the analysis
  3. Indication and Warnings - sector monitoring and information people and related organizations about the upcoming risk and also to provide help and support during the event
  4. Mitigation - Actions are taken during the event or before the event to adapt to the situation
  5. Incident Response - plans and activities to remove the event’s cause and effects
  6. Reconstitution - restore the systems protective features and elements based on the last event
  7. Source: https://maxcybersec967.livejournal.com/4197.html
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