CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES UNDER CYBER THREATS
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES UNDER CYBER THREATS

Summary/Abstract: Critical infrastructure refers to processes, systems, facilities, technologies, networks, assets and services essential to the health, safety, security or economic well-being of a modern society and the effective functioning of their government. Disruptions of critical infrastructure could result in catastrophic loss of life, adverse economic effects and significant harm to public confidence. The cyber-attacks on the SCADA systems of the Iranian nuclear facilities as well as those targeting the telecommunication and power grid infrastructures of Estonia and Georgia show how cyber-attacks against critical infrastructures are becoming increasingly prevalent and disruptive. In the next future, cyber-attacks are expected to increase in scale, to become more accurate and therefore to become real cyber weapons

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