Critical infrastructure protection in Romania. Evolution of the concept, vulnerabilities, hazards and threats

摘要

During the last years an increase in the number of events that affected vital infrastructureshas been observed. The degree of interconnection between different systems and elements which areconsidered Critical Infrastructure makes them vulnerable to hazards and threats, which can have anatural, accidental or malicious nature. Due to this degree of interconnection, discontinuities in theoperation or structure of any of the individual systems could jeopardize the integrity of the entireinfrastructure system of a region or even nation. In these cases, one can speak about a true system ofsystems. Infrastructures are or become critical due to vulnerability, the direct threats against thesystem, or the actions and processes which they belong to. This paper is a brief review of the evolutionof Critical Infrastructure protection in Romania, regarding the types of vulnerabilities, hazards andthreats that can affect its integrity.