Critical infrastructure plan
Introduction
Critical infrastructure describes those infrastructures considered essential by governments to the functioning of a society and economy and deserving special protection for national security.[1] Critical infrastructure has traditionally been considered within the purview of the government due to its strategic importance, but there is an observable trend towards its privatization, generating debates about how the private sector can contribute to these essential services. [2].
Items
The assets most commonly associated with the term are facilities intended for:.
• - Shelter "Shelter (structure)") and heating (e.g. natural gas, fuel oil, district heating);
• - Agriculture, food production and distribution;.
• - Education, skills development and technology transfer;.
• - Water supply (drinking water, wastewater/sewerage, surface water conduction such as dams and aqueducts);
• - Public health (hospitals, ambulances);
• - Transportation systems (fuel supply, railway network, airports, ports, inland navigation);
• - National security and defense services (police, army);
• - Generation, transmission and distribution of electricity;
• - Telecommunications.
• - Economic sector; goods and services and financial services (banking, compensation "Compensation (finance)")).
Definitions and protection programs by country
Germany
The German critical infrastructure protection program KRITIS is coordinated by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Some of its specialized agencies, such as the German Federal Office for Information Security or the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), deliver corresponding content, for example, on information technology systems.[3].
Canada
The Federal Government of Canada identifies the following ten critical infrastructure sectors as a way of classifying essential assets:[4][5].