Physical Infrastructure Protection White Papers
Critical Infrastructures: What Makes an Infrastructure Critical?
Overview This Congressional Research Service report recounts how the definition (and the list of illustrative examples) has broadened over time and what impact this may have on developing and implementing critical infrastructure protection policy. The criteria for determining what might be a critical infrastructure, and which infrastructures thus qualify, have expanded over time. Critical infrastructures were originally considered to be those whose prolonged disruptions could cause significant military and economic dislocation. Critical infrastructures now include national monuments (e.g. Washington Monument), where an attack might cause a large loss of life or adversely affect the nation's morale.
| Publisher | Congressional Research Service | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | January 2003 | ||
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