Need to protect critical infrastructure against cyber terrorism: study

摘要

New research into the perceived impact of critical infrastructure outages on the Australian public has revealed a higher reliance on basic services such as electricity and water supply and banking financial systems than mobile phone networks, the Internet or transport systems, according to a new study. The poll of Australians - commissioned by Unisys in the wake of the disastrous consequences for infrastructure in the north-east region of the USA from Hurricane Sandy - was taken nationally last month by Newspoll.