Critical infrastructure protection in homeland security
Subtitle: defending a networked nation
By: Ted G. Lewis.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780471786283
Subjects: Computer networks -- Security measures -- United States.; Computer security -- United States -- Planning.; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.; Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.; Civil defense -- United States.
Notes: "Published simultaneously in Canada."
Table of contents: title: Strategy: national strategy and strategic principles; title: Origins: the five phases of infrastructure awareness; title: Challenges: the major challenges; title: Networks: how to identify a critical node; title: Vulnerability analysis: fault tree modeling of a node; title: Risk analysis: risk reduction and resource allocation; title: Water: protecting the water sector; title: SCADA: the "brains" of most sectors; title: Power: cascade failures in power grids; title: Energy: concentration in the energy supply chain; title: Telecommunications: telecom hotels and HPM; title: Internet: what it is; how it works; title: Cyber threats; information threats: worms & viruses; title: Cyber security: trusted computing, encryption & PKI.