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Cyber resilience: A review of critical national infrastructure and cyber security protection measures applied in the UK and USA
Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning,
7
(2),
149-162
(2014)
Abstract
This paper presents cyber resilience as key strand of national security. It establishes the importance of critical national infrastructure protection and the growing vicarious nature of remote, well-planned, and well executed cyber attacks on critical infrastructures. Examples of well-known historical cyber attacks are presented, and the emergence of ‘internet of things’ as a cyber vulnerability issue yet to be tackled is explored. The paper identifies key steps being undertaken by those responsible for detecting, deterring, and disrupting cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure in the United Kingdom and the USA.
Keywords: national security; cyber-attacks; cyber security; DDoS; CNI; CIKR; IoT; US Cyber Security Act 2012
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Author's Biography
Wayne Harrop is a practitioner and academic with a background spanning cyber and physical security, civil emergency response, corporate risk, business continuity and crisis management. Wayne has experience leading and advising on risk programmes associated with manufacturing, logistics, global sourcing, product storage, and just-in-time supply chains. Wayne is the recipient of three international accolades for services in the field and he has worked with 49 countries on resilience initiatives, contributed to national resilience, international standardisation and policy initiatives. Wayne is a UK co-opted expert on ISO Technical Committee 223. He sits on the Advisory Council for City Security and Resilience Network and helped shape the International Risk, Resilience and Response Centre to address international collaboration on threat and hazard-related issues.
Citation
Harrop, Wayne and Matteson, Ashley (2014, January 1). Cyber resilience: A review of critical national infrastructure and cyber security protection measures applied in the UK and USA. In the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, Volume 7, Issue 2. https://doi.org/10.69554/NWXJ2946.
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