CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN VIEW OF THE CHALLENGES TO NATIONAL SECURITY

ISBN: 978-83-7938-306-1

216 stron
format: B5
oprawa: miękka
Rok wydania: 2021

The monograph comprehensively addresses the security of critical infrastructure in highly urbanised areas.
The authors introduce the reader to the issues of broadly understood national security. They characterize the security environment at the global and regional level, indicating the most important processes shaping the security of Poland, Europe and the world. In addition to globalisation, computerisation and European integration, they emphasise the importance of intensive urbanisation processes and the formation of large urban agglomerations.

Intensive construction development and high population density place very high and sometimes even extreme demands on the critical infrastructure of large urban agglomerations. This is due to the high load on individual critical infrastructure systems, which promotes breakdowns and interruptions in residents‘ access to basic services. Even more difficult situations arise in the case of natural disasters or criminal human activities, such as terrorist attacks on critical infrastructure. Therefore the most extensive chapter of the monograph is devoted to threats to critical infrastructure in highly urbanised areas.

The monograph is a concise source of knowledge in the field of security science. The issue of critical infrastructure protection was presented against the background of the functioning of the national security system. The role of the public administration and operators of this infrastructure in ensuring its proper functioning was stressed. Forecasts of changes in the area of security of critical infrastructure systems in large urban agglomerations were also presented.

SPIS TREŚCI

INTRODUCTION

Chapter I
Ihe essence of national security
1.1. Security as an existential value
1.2. Processes determining the international security eiwironment
1.3. Polish security eiwironment in the context of NATO and European
Union membership
1.4. Conclusions

Chapter II
Critical infrastructure in the national security system
2.1. National security system
2.2. Critical infrastructure systems
2.3. Critical infrastructure of the European Union
2.4. Legał aspects of critical infrastructure protection
2.5. Conclusions

Chapter III
National Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection
3.1. The origins of the National Programme for Critical Infrastructure
Protection
3.2. Public and private actors‘ responsibilities to protect critical
infrastructure
3.2.1. Critical infrastructure operators
3.2.2. Government administration
3.2.3. Local government administration
3.3. Conclusions

Chapter IV
Factors determining the security of a large urban agglomeration
4.1. Characteristics of highly urbanised areas
4.2. Issues of security of large agglomerations in Poland
4.2.1. Organisational aspects
4.2.2. Technical aspects
4.3. Conclusions

Chapter V
Threats to critical infrastructure in highly urbanised areas
5.1. Critical systems for operation of a large urban agglomeration
5.1.1. Water supply system
5.1.2. Electricity and gas distribution system
5.1.3. District heating system
5.1.4. ICT infrastructure
5.1.5. Transport system
5.1.6. Public security and order system
5.2. Threats from terrorism and other criminal activities
5.2.1. Use of chemical or biological agents to contaminate water or food
5.2.2. Physical takeover of the critical infrastructure system
5.2.3. Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure
5.3. Critical infrastructure system failure
5.4. Disaster caused by external factors
5.4.1. Power supply system inefficiency
5.4.2. Threats from natural forces
5.4.3. Military threats
5.5. Conclusions

Chapter VI
Projected developments in the area of security of critical infrastructure
systems in large urban agglomerations
6.1. Proposals for solutions in the formal, legal and organisational spheres
6.2. Use of new technologies to enhance the security of critical infrastructure
6.2.1. Improvement of critical infrastructure systems
6.2.2. Directions for changes in the protection of critical infrastructure
facilities
6.3. Conclusions

Conclusion

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