The Security of Critical Infrastructures

This book analyzes the security of critical infrastructures such as road, rail, water, health, and electricity networks that are vital for a nation's society and economy, and assesses the resilience of these networks to intentional attacks. The book combines the analytical capabilities of experts in operations research and management, economics, risk analysis, and defense management, and presents graph theoretical analysis, advanced statistics, and applied modeling methods. In many chapters, the authors provide reproducible code that is available from the publisher's website. Lastly, the book identifies and discusses implications for risk assessment, policy, and insurability. The insights it offers are globally applicable, and not limited to particular locations, countries or contexts. Researchers, intelligence analysts, homeland security staff, and professionals who operate critical infrastructures will greatly benefit from the methods, models and findings presented. While each of the twelve chapters is self-contained, taken together they provide a sound basis for informed decision-making and more effective operations, policy, and defense.

Auteur

PD Dr. M.M. Keupp leads the Department of Defense Economics at the Military Academy of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He specializes in interdisciplinary work with a strong focus on empirical methods. His academic achievements won numerous awards and honorable mentions. This book is the result of a five-year research project he created and led.

Contenu

The Security of Critical Infrastructures: Introduction and Overview.- Part I: Risk.- Part II: Resilience.- Part III: Defense.