Ebook: Critical Information Infrastructures: Resilience and Protection

The world moves on Critical Information Infrastructures, and their resilience and protection is of vital importance. Starting with some basic definitions and assumptions on the topic, this book explores various aspects of Critical Infrastructures throughout the world – including the technological, political, economic, strategic and defensive.

This book will be of interest to the CEO and Academic alike as they grapple with how to prepare Critical Information Infrastructures for new challenges.

Key Features:

Definitions, a detailed appendix, and selected topics make the book a good point of entry into the field of Critical Information Infrastructures

Author has an array of experience in the private and public sectors, including involvement with the oil and gas, finance, food, health, government service, and law and order infrastructures

Thorough investigation of various elements of critical information infrastructures using specific case studies of historic and contemporary importance

Comprehensive structure relevant and accessible to both professionals and academics

New approach to looking at resilience, critical infrastructure and obstructive marketing

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The world moves on Critical Information Infrastructures, and their resilience and protection is of vital importance. Starting with some basic definitions and assumptions on the topic, this book explores various aspects of Critical Infrastructures throughout the world – including the technological, political, economic, strategic and defensive.

This book will be of interest to the CEO and Academic alike as they grapple with how to prepare Critical Information Infrastructures for new challenges.

Key Features:

Definitions, a detailed appendix, and selected topics make the book a good point of entry into the field of Critical Information Infrastructures

Author has an array of experience in the private and public sectors, including involvement with the oil and gas, finance, food, health, government service, and law and order infrastructures

Thorough investigation of various elements of critical information infrastructures using specific case studies of historic and contemporary importance

Comprehensive structure relevant and accessible to both professionals and academics

New approach to looking at resilience, critical infrastructure and obstructive marketing

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The world moves on Critical Information Infrastructures, and their resilience and protection is of vital importance. Starting with some basic definitions and assumptions on the topic, this book explores various aspects of Critical Infrastructures throughout the world – including the technological, political, economic, strategic and defensive.

This book will be of interest to the CEO and Academic alike as they grapple with how to prepare Critical Information Infrastructures for new challenges.

Key Features:

Definitions, a detailed appendix, and selected topics make the book a good point of entry into the field of Critical Information Infrastructures

Author has an array of experience in the private and public sectors, including involvement with the oil and gas, finance, food, health, government service, and law and order infrastructures

Thorough investigation of various elements of critical information infrastructures using specific case studies of historic and contemporary importance

Comprehensive structure relevant and accessible to both professionals and academics

New approach to looking at resilience, critical infrastructure and obstructive marketing

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Definitions and Assumptions....Pages 8-18
Critical Infrastructures and Critical Information Infrastructures: Approaches by Geography....Pages 19-44
Critical Infrastructures and Critical Information Infrastructures: by Type....Pages 45-60
Critical Information Infrastructure....Pages 61-76
Some Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, Legal and Other Process Effects on Critical Infrastructures....Pages 77-93
Comments on Standards in Information Security, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and Business Resilience....Pages 94-144
A Tangential Threat To OECD Resilience: The Twenty-First Century East India Company....Pages 145-149
Resilience and Outsourcing Call Centers Offshore: A Case Study....Pages 150-157
Information Infrastructure: Resilience, Recovery, and Security....Pages 158-175
A Suggested Approach to Individual, Corporate, National, and International Resilience, Critical Infrastructures, and Critical Information Infrastructures....Pages 176-193
General Summary and Conclusions....Pages 194-197
A Manifesto for Change....Pages 198-200
Back Matter....Pages 201-277

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The world moves on Critical Information Infrastructures, and their resilience and protection is of vital importance. Starting with some basic definitions and assumptions on the topic, this book explores various aspects of Critical Infrastructures throughout the world – including the technological, political, economic, strategic and defensive.

This book will be of interest to the CEO and Academic alike as they grapple with how to prepare Critical Information Infrastructures for new challenges.

Key Features:

Definitions, a detailed appendix, and selected topics make the book a good point of entry into the field of Critical Information Infrastructures

Author has an array of experience in the private and public sectors, including involvement with the oil and gas, finance, food, health, government service, and law and order infrastructures

Thorough investigation of various elements of critical information infrastructures using specific case studies of historic and contemporary importance

Comprehensive structure relevant and accessible to both professionals and academics

New approach to looking at resilience, critical infrastructure and obstructive marketing

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Definitions and Assumptions....Pages 8-18
Critical Infrastructures and Critical Information Infrastructures: Approaches by Geography....Pages 19-44
Critical Infrastructures and Critical Information Infrastructures: by Type....Pages 45-60
Critical Information Infrastructure....Pages 61-76
Some Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, Legal and Other Process Effects on Critical Infrastructures....Pages 77-93
Comments on Standards in Information Security, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and Business Resilience....Pages 94-144
A Tangential Threat To OECD Resilience: The Twenty-First Century East India Company....Pages 145-149
Resilience and Outsourcing Call Centers Offshore: A Case Study....Pages 150-157
Information Infrastructure: Resilience, Recovery, and Security....Pages 158-175
A Suggested Approach to Individual, Corporate, National, and International Resilience, Critical Infrastructures, and Critical Information Infrastructures....Pages 176-193
General Summary and Conclusions....Pages 194-197
A Manifesto for Change....Pages 198-200
Back Matter....Pages 201-277
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