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Computer Support for Risk Management in Critical Infrastructures

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Advances in Network Systems (iNetSApp 2015)

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The paper deals with a methodology for the assessment and management of risk in critical infrastructures. A ready-made risk manager, which supports information security- and business continuity management systems, was adapted to a new application domain—critical infrastructure protection and was used in the EU Ciras project as one of its three basic pillars. First, the author reviewed security issues in critical infrastructures, with special focus on risk management. On this basis the assumptions were discussed how to adapt the ready-made risk manager for this domain. The experimentation tool was configured, including risk measures and system dictionaries. The operations of the tool were illustrated by examples from a case study performed in a previous work. The case study dealt with the collaborating railway- and energy critical infrastructures. The aim of this research is to assess the usefulness of such approach and to acquire knowledge for future project works.

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    This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein (Grant Agreement clause).

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    developed at the Institute of Innovative Technologies EMAG within a project co-financed by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR).

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The author thanks the colleagues from the CIRAS project consortium for discussing the presented concept.

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    Andrzej Bialas

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  1. Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology, , Research and Development Center, Orange Polska, , Warszawa, Poland

    Maciej Grzenda

  2. Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, LuleĂĄ University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Al Azhar University, LuleĂĄ, Sweden

    Ali Ismail Awad

  3. Military University of Technology, Warszawa, Poland

    Janusz Furtak

  4. Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science , Warsaw University of Technology , Military University of Technology, Warszawa, Poland

    Jarosław Legierski

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Bialas, A. (2017). Computer Support for Risk Management in Critical Infrastructures. In: Grzenda, M., Awad, A., Furtak, J., Legierski , J. (eds) Advances in Network Systems . iNetSApp 2015. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 461. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44354-6_12

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