Critical Infrastructure: Resilience and Prioritization Issues: Resilience & Prioritization Issues - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1626189722 ISBN 13: 9781626189720

Casa editrice: Nova Science Pub Inc, 2013

Riassunto

Critical infrastructure are those assets, the loss of which would result in great harm to the nation's security, economy, health and safety, and morale. They include assets necessary to generate and distribute such basic goods and services as electricity, drinking water, telecommunications, banking and finance, etc. Resilience refers to the ability of a system to resist, absorb, recover from, or successfully adapt to a change in environment or conditions. The Critical Infrastructure Task Force has argued that government policies encouraged employing greater defences such as surveillance equipment, guards, etc., around these assets but did less to encourage efforts that would allow assets to continue operating at some level, or quickly return to full operation, if attacked. Such efforts might include increasing redundancies (such as having multiple backup power generation capability) or designing more robust systems for the future (such as using more hardened concrete for stronger fixed facilities). This book discusses the concept of resilience in the context of critical infrastructure and homeland security. It also identifies and discusses issues related to the evolution of policy and programs at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that are meant to, or could, promote the resiliency of the nation's critical infrastructure.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Nova Science Pub Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1626189722
• ISBN 13: 9781626189720
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 80
• Redattore: Bernardes Wesley A.