Specific features of protecting critical infrastructure

Abstract

Protection of critical infrastructure represents a basis for maintaining the functionality of a social community in emergency situations, such as natural disasters. The principal objective in protecting the critical infrastructure is to maintain its continuous functioning in the aforementioned situations. Unhampered functioning of the critical infrastructure represents a priority of the communities, local self-government, every state, as well as transnational organizations. The systems of critical infrastructure are built so as to ensure services for several generations and over several decades. These systems have become highly integrated into modern life. Nowadays, people expect to be able to travel at any time, to have the possibility and connectivity to communicate whenever they want to. Modern industries expect the existence of available infrastructure which should allow transportation of raw materials, final products, delivery of food and permanent goods into markets and harbours, as well as enable the exchange of ideas and financial transactions using electronic media.

Zaštita kritične infrastrukture predstavlja osnovu održavanja funkcionalnosti društvene zajednice u vanrednim situacijama, poput prirodnih katastrofa. Glavni cilj zaštite kritične infrastrukture je da se u takvim situacijama održi kontinuitet u njenom funkcionisanju. Nesmetano funkcionisanje sistema kritične infrastrukture predstavlja prioritet zajednica lokalne samouprave, svake države, kao i nadnacionalnih tvorevina. Kritični infrastrukturni sistemi se grade kako bi obezbedili usluge za nekoliko generacija tokom nekoliko decenija. Ovi sistemi su postali vrlo integrisani u moderan život. Danas ljudi očekuju da mogu nesmetano da putuju u bilo koje vreme, i da imaju komunikacijske veze kad god požele. U savremenim industrijama sasvim je očekivano da postoji potrebna raspoloživa infrastruktura koja treba da omogući transport sirovih materijala, finalnih proizvoda, isporuku hrane i trajnih dobara na tržišta i luke, i omogući razmenu ideja i finansijskih transakcija elektronskim putem.