Preparing critical infrastructure for the future: Lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic

• Autorzy: Tomalska Amelia

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DOI

10.35467/sdq/146603

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The objective of this paper is to provide a view on the problem of insufficient state protection of critical infrastructure throughout the Covid-19 crisis. The paper looks at this problem with regard to the definition of critical infrastructure, its content, and also the limitations of current approaches to critical infrastructure protection. The examples relating to the Covid-19 crisis show the practices adopted and suggest possible steps forward. The research methodology implemented in this research is based on a critical analysis of the existing literature. The themes described in this paper show there is an urgent need to change current critical infrastructure protection approaches to a resilience-based modus operandi. Specifically, this paper highlights the need to shift the understanding of critical infrastructure from an object-oriented approach towards essential services/functions and to highlight its complex, socio- technical nature. It also highlights the deficiencies of current, prevention-based approaches to critical infrastructure protection such as the insufficient focus on identification and management process of vulnerabilities, especially in relation to (inter)dependencies resulting from interconnections with other systems. The gravity of the situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, despite its negative connotations, can be used as an opportunity to examine the real condition of protection of critical infrastructure. The pandemic suggests that there is much left to be done and because of the unpredictability of the future, we need to start acting as soon as possible.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

protection; resilience; critical infrastructure; Covid-19 pandemic

• Wydawca: Akademia Sztuki Wojennej
• Czasopismo: Security and Defence Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 39, No. 3
• Strony: 21--32
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 38 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Tomalska Amelia

• Department of Internal Security, University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3717-0703

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