ABSTRACT

Introduction .................................................................................................. 222 Infrastructures and Consequences ..................................................... 222 Threats.................................................................................................. 222 Attacks and Defenses........................................................................... 222 Some Analysis ...................................................................................... 223 Is This an Unsolvable Problem? ......................................................... 224

The Real Limits on Risks ............................................................................. 225 Electrical Power ................................................................................... 226 Water .................................................................................................... 226 Natural Gas .......................................................................................... 227 Gasoline and Fuel Oil ......................................................................... 228 Emergency Response........................................................................... 228 Financial Systems................................................................................. 229 Governmental Control........................................................................ 230 Telecommunications ........................................................................... 232 Internet................................................................................................. 233 Interdependencies and Amplification................................................ 234

Interdependencies.................................................................... 235 Amplification ........................................................................... 235 Amplification and Interdependencies Combined................. 236

In Context ............................................................................................ 237 What Terrorists Do in Cyberspace..................................................... 237

The Relationships between Critical Infrastructures ................................... 239 Some Interdependencies ..................................................................... 239 Models of Interdependencies.............................................................. 240 Model Effectiveness for Attack and Defense ..................................... 241

Conclusions ................................................................................................... 242

According to https://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=infrastructure, infrastructure is defined as:

1. An underlying base or foundation, especially for an organization or system.