Indication of critical infrastructure resilience failure

Abstract

This paper focuses on assessment of critical infrastructure resilience consisting of timely indication of possible failure of a critical infrastructure. This method of assessment is based on determining indicators of disturbance resilience of selected and tightly interconnected sectors of critical infrastructure, i.e. energy, ICT, transport, water management, etc. It is a holistic approach to assessment of critical infrastructure resilience based on a complex perception of specific set of political, economic, social, technological, legal and ecological indicators. The essence of the submitted paper is a systemic approach consisting of inter-sectoral assessment based on researching the mutual relationships of selected critical infrastructure sectors. This approach considers propagation of cascade impacts and synergic effects in the critical infrastructure system. The mentioned systematic solution is applied through a progressive Bottom-Up approach, which is based on assessment of critical infrastructure from local (town, region) upwards, and is presently implemented in certain world countries (e.g. Switzerland and The Netherlands). © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, London.