Center for Security Studies

No. 16: Critical Infrastructures: Vulnerabilities, Threats, Responses

No. 16: Critical Infrastructures: Vulnerabilities, Threats, Responses

Author(s): Myriam Dunn Cavelty
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 16
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2007

The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 have led to an increased focus on the vulnerability of modern societies in general and the protection of so-called critical infrastructures in particular. However, drafting efficient protection plans has proven to be a challenge: requirements include sophisticated situation analyses, better understanding of vulnerabilities, and a political consensus on how protection measures should be prioritized. Domestic and inter-state political cooperation as well as functioning public-private partnerships are also indispensable.

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