By Frazer Holmes
CIP examines threats and possible attacks against the critical assets of a country. It takes an umbrella approach to look at what measures are taken, what measures are effective, and what possible counter attacks can be used in the successful deployment of protecting critical assets.
There is national, Territory and State based guidelines and frameworks for the protection of Critical Infrastructure (CI) geared to provide a framework for a national and consistent approach for the protection of CI assets. Although they primarily are designed to focus on the protection from terrorism, the guidelines recognise that treatment for CI assets will depend on the individual assessment and criticality of the asset, the security posture and profile for the asset or relevant sector. Of which terrorism is but one of many threats from which CI needs to be protected from. As such, the responsibility for the continuity of CI is shared by all Governments and by owners and operators alike. READ MORE
