TY - GEN
T1 - Critical infrastructure protection: A 21st century challenge
AU - Merabti, Madjid
AU - Kennedy, Michael
AU - Hurst, William
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Over recent years the depth to which we have grown to rely on networked computer systems as part of the critical national infrastructure has become ever more apparent. Concern over difficulties caused by accidental failures has led to a realisation of the potential for damage that could be caused by targeted attacks and cyber warfare. Current approaches to addressing these problems have tended to focus on traditional security measures, and have not mobilised the full breadth of capabilities provided by digital technologies. In this paper we will explore some of the challenges associated with these developments. We also consider potential solutions, and in particular how a combination of networking, security, advanced gaming, visualisation techniques, and the increasingly blurred boundary between physical and digital entities, can be used to improve protection of critical infrastructure systems.
AB - Over recent years the depth to which we have grown to rely on networked computer systems as part of the critical national infrastructure has become ever more apparent. Concern over difficulties caused by accidental failures has led to a realisation of the potential for damage that could be caused by targeted attacks and cyber warfare. Current approaches to addressing these problems have tended to focus on traditional security measures, and have not mobilised the full breadth of capabilities provided by digital technologies. In this paper we will explore some of the challenges associated with these developments. We also consider potential solutions, and in particular how a combination of networking, security, advanced gaming, visualisation techniques, and the increasingly blurred boundary between physical and digital entities, can be used to improve protection of critical infrastructure systems.
KW - Critical Infrastructure Protection
KW - Monitoring and Management of Critical Infrastructure Systems
KW - Network Security
KW - Security Visualisation
KW - Serious Games
KW - System-of-Systems Security
U2 - 10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762681
DO - 10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762681
M3 - Conference paper
AN - SCOPUS:79957496407
SN - 9781457704024
T3 - 2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology, ICCIT 2011
SP - 1
EP - 6
BT - 2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology, ICCIT 2011
T2 - 2011 International Conference on Communications and Information Technology, ICCIT 2011
Y2 - 29 March 2011 through 31 March 2011
ER -