Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security: Defending a Networked Nation, 2nd Edition

How to Use this Book

What is critical about critical infrastructure? What is the biggest threat to infrastructure? Who owns and operates the Internet? Is terrorism a high-risk threat? Can cyber security ever be achieved? What is the most resilient infrastructure in America? These and other questions are addressed in this book. They are the most often asked questions of students of safety and security studies. They are also practical questions asked by fire protection, law enforcement, public administration, urban planning, criminology, political science, and homeland security practitioners. The answers are organized into 17 chapters roughly divided into three parts: Part I, Origins of Homeland Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection Policy (Chapter 1); Part II, Theory and Foundations (Chapters 2–4); and Part III, Individual Sectors (Chapters 5–17). In addition, there are five appendices containing supplemental material on probability, risk, spectral radius, tragedy of the commons, and a glossary of terms—for the extra-curious and mathematically prepared reader.

This material has been used in a 12-week hybrid course entitled “Critical Infrastructure Protection: Vulnerability and Analysis,” taught for over a decade at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) in Monterey, California. CHDS is a great resource for additional teaching materials and references. Most materials, including supplements to this book, are available for free at www.CHDS.us or from ...