Critical Infrastructures at Risk (eBook)

Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Scope; 1.2 Infrastructures and Society; 1.3 Definitions; 1.4 The European Electric Power Infrastructure Today and Tomorrow; 1.5 Background and structure of this book; Chapter 2: Learning from the Past — Electric Power Blackouts and Near Misses; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Shedding Light on Electric Power Blackouts; 2.3 Near Misses; 2.4 Comparison of the Incidents; 2.5 Lessons Learned; Chapter 3: Infrastructures at Risk; 3. 1 Introduction; 3.2 A Generic Approach to Critical Infrastructures; 3.3 Trends in Critical Infrastructures; 3.4 Risk and Vulnerability in CI; 3.5 Conclusion; Chapter 4: Liberalisation and Internationalisation of the European Electricity Industry; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Liberalisation; 4.3 Internationalisation; 4.4 Possible consequences of the changes; 4.5 Conclusions; Chapter 5: The Security of Information and Communication Systems and the E+I Paradigm; 5. 1 Introduction; 5.2 The evolution towards the E+I paradigm; 5.3 The impact of digitalization on security; 5.4 ICS security risks; 5.5 Conclusions; Chapter 6: Critical Electricity Infrastructure: Current Experience in Europe; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Critical Electricity Infrastructure (CEI); 6.3 Integrated views: digitalization and risks for electricity critical infrastructures; 6.4 Managing critical infrastructures in Europe; Chapter 7: Governing Risks in the European Critical Electricity Infrastructure; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Risks in the European Critical Electricity Infrastructure; 7.3 Risk governance of ECEI; 7.4 Conclusions; Chapter 8: Concluding Remarks and Recommendations; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The institution of the European Council for the Security of Electric Power; 8.3 A programme for ECEI stakeholders involvement; 8.4 A programme for the development of the ECEI business landscape; 8.5 A multidisciplinary R&D programme on "Security of Infrastructures"; Appendices; A.5.1 Security Conceptual Frameworks; A.5.2 ICS Security Standards; A.6.1 Critical Information Infrastructures and Risk Analysis Framework; A.6.2 Critical Information Infrastructure Protection — Organizational and Legal Aspects; A.7.1 Profiling the Risk Governance Gap; A.7.2 The Institutional and Regulatory Context for Risk Governance of the European Critical Electricity Infrastructure; A.7.3 Costs of Power Infrastructure Malfunctioning; References; Glossary