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Slide 2: INDEX 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Asymmetric Warfare e.g. Unrestricted Warfare Definition of Critical Infrastructure A Network of Interconnected Macro Systems Implications & Complications Threat Exposition Threat Scenario – Cyber Attacks Threat Scenario – Cyber Attackers Threat Scenario – Context Defense Strategies – Risk Management 10. Defense Strategies – Resistance and Resilience 11. Resilience, Redundancy and Attack Resistance 12. An Efficient Solution
Slide 3: 1. Asymmetric Warfare e.g. Unrestricted Warfare Technology Low Strong High Dirty War Power Systemic War Mechanic War Peace War Weak ICT War We are rapidly moving towards the ICT War… High technological skills versus weak power… In other words the epitome of THE ASYMMETRIC WAR
Slide 4: 2. Definition of Critical Infrastructure A system that is so vital for the equilibrium of an organization that its destruction or incapacitation could have a debilitating impact energy air traffic emergency utilities military intrusion public transport telecommunication s banks systems and financial critical communications hubs During the last decades, critical infrastructures have increased their dependence on ICT
Slide 5: 3. A network of Interconnected Macro Systems Each system is composed of different layers: •Physical •Digital-cyber •Operative CI 2 •Strategic-organizational CI 1 CI 3 CI 4 Interconnection and Interdependency are essential features of macro systems
Slide 6: 4. Implications & Complications Fading borders Complexity Interconnection Cascade effects Unpredictability Different layers Different modelization
Slide 7: 5. Threat Exposition Speeding up of internal processes + Growing demand for interactivity = Great number of access points and doors to critical infrastructures A long term approach is needed when dealing with Critical Infrastructure Protection
Slide 8: 6. Threat Scenario – Cyber Attacks Cyber attacks are the main threat against critical systems due to their increased dependence upon information technology
Slide 9: 7. Threat Scenario – Cyber Attackers It is vital to identify the motives behind cyber attackers Monetary gain is the key motivator
Slide 10: 8. Threat Scenario - Context Common attacks exploit systems’ vulnerabilities at the interconnection and interdependence layer
Slide 11: 9. Defense Strategies – Risk Management Risk Management applied to the protection of Critical Infrastructures is affected by a high degree of uncertainty deriving from: complexity low predictability incessant technological change
Slide 12: 10. Defense Strategies – Resistance and Resilience Resistance is futile when dealing with highly unpredictable risks Resilience, or the ability to recover from unexpected events, can be the appropriate strategy
Slide 13: 11. Resilience, Redundancy and Attack Resistance Redundancy is a typical resilience strategy for highly unpredictable systems Redundancy = Less Efficiency and Greater Complexity
Slide 14: 12. An Efficient Solution “Structural sink” at the hub level Shared backup facilities Higher Dinamicity Separation between Cyber and Strategic layers Lower Costs
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