Methods of securing and controlling critical infrastructure assets allocated in information and communications technology sector companies in leading European Union countries

• Authors: Sieńko Piotr
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Critical Infrastructure (CI) plays a significant role in maintaining public order and national security. The state may use many different methods to protect and control CI allocated to commercial companies. This article describes the three most important ones: legislation, ownership and government institutions and agencies. The data presented in this paper is the result of research done on the most developed countries in the EU (United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy) and their strategic enterprises in the ICT sector, one of the most important sectors in any national security system.

Keywords

EN

information and communications technology; critical infrastructure; national security

• Publisher: European Association for Security
• Journal: Securitologia
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 2 (22)
• Pages: 107-122

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Sieńko Piotr

• Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/18984509.1210263