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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830341703321

Autore

Sullivant John

Titolo

Strategies for protecting national critical infrastructure assets [[electronic resource] ] : a focus on problem-solving / / John Sullivant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Interscience, c2007

ISBN

1-281-03221-2

9786611032210

1-61344-910-0

0-470-22837-7

0-470-22836-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (646 p.)

Disciplina

005.80973

332/.0971

Soggetti

Infrastructure (Economics) - Security measures - United States

Infrastructure (Economics) - Risk assessment - United States

Terrorism - United States - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Environments that influence the security assessment : threats, western values, and the national critical infrastructure sectors -- The security assessment : what, why, and when -- A proven security assessment methodology -- Task 1: Project strategic planning : understanding service requirements -- Task 1: Critical assessment : understanding the service environment -- Task 3: Identify and characterize : threats to the service environment -- Task 4: Evaluate program effectiveness -- Task 5: Program analyses -- Reporting security assessment results -- The water sector -- The energy sector -- The transportation sector -- The chemical and hazardous materials sector -- The agriculture and food sector -- The banking and finance sector -- The telecommunications sector --

Sommario/riassunto

Strategies for Protecting National Critical Infrastructure Assets eases the research burden, develops investigative protocols, and pulls together data into a comprehensive and practical guide, to help the serious reader understand advanced concepts and techniques of risk



assessment with an emphasis on meeting the security needs of the critical national infrastructure. The text is divided into five major sections, which are further broken down by individual chapters, each addressing one element of risk assessment as well as focusing attention on applying the risk assessment methodology t