Critical Infrastructure: Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (5th Edition)

Vocabulary flashcards covering the core concepts, theories, and definitions within the field of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Assurance as of the 5th Edition lecture notes.

Critical Infrastructure (CI)

Assets of physical and logical systems essential to the minimum operations of the economy and government, including sectors like energy, water, and transportation.

Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)

A reactionary, asset-based approach focused on protecting specific nodes and conduits of infrastructure through force protection and robust defenses.

Critical Infrastructure Assurance (CIA)

A holistic, capacity-based view that seeks to assure the viability of services by ensuring the system can detect disruption and shift production to meet demand.

Resilience

The ability of a system to prepare for hazards, adapt to changing conditions, and withstand and recover rapidly from disruptions.

Public-Private Partnership (P3)

A cooperative agreement between a public agency and a private sector entity to combine resources and expertise for delivering services or infrastructure.

Interdependency

A relationship where a reduction in the level of one system's product or performance causes a direct or indirect impact on another system.

Convergence

The gradual integration and joining of physical security with logical/cyber information technology security into a single understanding.

Fragility

The propensity of a system or object to fail, often categorized as design-based, natural, or cyclical.

Vital Service

A service outside a specific critical infrastructure sector (like cloud storage or identity management) that acts as an input to multiple sectors, creating a strategic single point of failure.

Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM)

The process of identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with the movement of goods, software, or services from suppliers to the end user.

Operational Technology (OT)

Hardware and software that detects or causes a change through the direct monitoring and/or control of physical devices and industrial processes.

Entanglement

The complex, interwoven relationship among critical sectors (like the 'Big Four': Energy, Telecom, Transport, Finance) where one cannot function without the others.

OODA Loop

A decision-making cycle consisting of Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act, used to outpace adversaries or environmental changes.

System+1 (N+1) Approach

A method of thinking that treats the community/society as the highest-level system and examines how specific work or infrastructure fits into that larger picture.

Reliability Standards

Mutually agreed upon regulatory requirements between government and private industry used to assure the security and functioning of the Bulk Power System.