Rehak, D.; Flynnova, L.; Hromada, M.; Fuggini, C. The Importance of Resistance in the Context of Critical Infrastructure Resilience: An Extension of the CIERA Method. Systems2023, 11, 506.
Rehak, D.; Flynnova, L.; Hromada, M.; Fuggini, C. The Importance of Resistance in the Context of Critical Infrastructure Resilience: An Extension of the CIERA Method. Systems 2023, 11, 506.
Rehak, D.; Flynnova, L.; Hromada, M.; Fuggini, C. The Importance of Resistance in the Context of Critical Infrastructure Resilience: An Extension of the CIERA Method. Systems2023, 11, 506.
Rehak, D.; Flynnova, L.; Hromada, M.; Fuggini, C. The Importance of Resistance in the Context of Critical Infrastructure Resilience: An Extension of the CIERA Method. Systems 2023, 11, 506.
Abstract
Technical sectors are an inseparable and elementary part of a critical infrastructure (CI) complex system. The services they provide are essential to the functioning of all the dependent sectors of CI on whose services society depends, especially in areas with high levels of urbanisation. The starting point for effective CI elements protection of is permanent assessing and strengthening their resilience to the negative effects of internal and external threats. Current perceptions of resilience focus primarily on repressive components responsive to incident (i.e., robustness, recoverability, and adaptability), while little attention is paid to preventative components. Therefore, the benefit of the article is to define resistance which could be seen as the CI element ability or characteristic to prevent the occurrence of incidents. Based on that, the article defines 1) the individual factors (variables and parameters) determining the CI resistance and 2) the methodological procedure for infrastructure elements resistance assessment in order to identify weak points and subsequently strengthen them. The essence of the article is defining the starting points for extending the CIERA method by a component strengthening the critical infrastructure resilience in the prevention phase. A practical example of resistance assessment for a selected critical energy infrastructure element is presented at the end of the article.
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