Critical Infrastructure

While there is not a commonly accepted definition of critical infrastructure (CI), all definitions emphasize the contributing role of a CI to the society or the debilitating effect in the case of disruption. Another common characteristic of CI is that they are complex in their structure, which makes the issue of dependencies and common cause failure an important topic to society.

Abbreviation

CI

Definitions

European Definitions

Council Directive 2022/5557/EC

‘Critical infrastructure’ means an asset, a facility, equipment, a network or a system, or a part of an asset, a facility, equipment, a network or a system, which is necessary for the provision of an essential service.

Council Directive 2008/114/EC

An asset, system or part thereof located in Member States which is essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions, health, safety, security, economic or social well-being of people, and the disruption or destruction of which would have a significant impact in a Member State as a result of the failure to maintain those functions.

ECA

Critical infrastructure: Physical resources, services and facilities of which the disruption or destruction would have a serious impact on the functioning of the economy and society.

[BG] Критична инфраструктура: Физически ресурси, услуги и съоръжения, чието нарушаване или унищожаване би имало сериозни последици за функционирането на икономиката и обществото.

[CS] Kritická infrastruktura: Fyzické zdroje, služby a zařízení, jejichž nefunkčnost nebo zničení by mělo vážný dopad na fungování hospodářství a společnosti.

[DE] Kritische Infrastruktur: Physische Ressourcen, Dienste und Anlagen, deren Störung oder Zerstörung gravierende Auswirkungen auf das Funktionieren von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft hätte.

[DK] Kritisk infrastruktur: Fysiske ressourcer, tjenester og anlæg, hvis afbrydelse eller ødelæggelse vil have alvorlige virkninger for økonomien og samfundet.

[ES] Infraestructuras críticas: Recursos físicos, servicios e instalaciones cuya perturbación o destrucción tendría un grave impacto sobre el funcionamiento de la economía y la sociedad.

[NE] Kritieke infrastructuur: Fysieke hulpmiddelen, diensten en voorzieningen waarvan de verstoring of vernieling ernstige gevolgen zou hebben voor de werking van de economie en de samenleving.

Other International Definitions

Critical5

Critical infrastructure, also referred to as nationally significant infrastructure, can be broadly defined as the systems, assets, facilities and networks that provide essential services and are necessary for the national security, economic security, prosperity, and health and safety of their respective nations.

ITU-T

Critical Infrastructure: the key systems, services and functions whose disruption or destruction would have a debilitating impact on public health and safety, commerce, and national security, or any combination of these.

NATO

CCD-CoE (Tallinn manual)

Critical Infrastructure: Physical or virtual systems and assets under the jurisdiction of a State that are so vital that their incapacitation or destruction may debilitate a State’s security, economy, public health or safety, or the environment.

CEP / EAPC

Critical infrastructure is those facilities, services and information systems which are so vital to nations that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economy, public health and safety and the effective functioning of the government.

UNDRR

UNDRR refers to "Critical facilities" as

the primary physical structures, technical facilities and systems which are socially, economically or operationally essential to the functioning of a society or community, both in routine circumstances and in the extreme circumstances of an emergency.

Critical facilities are considered as elements of the infrastructure that support essential services in a society.

Points critiques: Les réseaux principaux, les installations techniques et autres systèmes qui sont essentiels d’un point de vue social, économique ou opérationnel au fonctionnement d’une société ou d’une communauté, aussi bien au quotidien qu’en situation d’urgence.

Жизненно важные объекты: Ключевые объекты материальной инфраструктуры, технические сооружения и системы, которые играют жизненно важную роль в социальном, экономическом и функциональном отношении для существования общества или общины как в обычных обстоятельствах, так и в условиях чрезвычайной ситуации.

Instalaciones vitales: Las estructuras físicas, instalaciones técnicas y sistemas principales que son social, económica u operativamente esenciales para el funcionamiento de una sociedad o comunidad, tanto en circunstancias habituales como extremas durante una emergencia.

المرافق الحساسة : الأنشطة الإدارية التي تعنى بالتقليل من، أو معالجة المخاطر القائمة.

Kerentanan: Karakteristik dan kondisi sebuah komunitas, sistem atau aset yang membuatnya cenderung terkena dampak merusak yang diakibatkan ancaman bahaya.

Kemudahan – kemudahan kritikal: Ulasan: Kemudahan kritikal adalah infrastruktur yang menyokong perkhidmatan penting dalam masyarakat. Ia termasuk sistem pengangkutan, udara dan laut, bekalan elektrik, air, sistem komunikasi, hospital, klinik kesihatan, bomba, polis dan perkhidmatan pentadbiran awam.

Kritikal na mga Pasilidad: Ang mga pangunahing pisikal na istruktura, teknikal na mga pasilidad at sistema na mahalaga sa lipunan at ekonomya at sa paggana ng lipunan at komunidad, sa ordinaryo mang takbo ng buhay at maging sa matitinding pangkagipitang sitwasyon.

Moreover, Important Infrastructure is defined by UNDRR as:

重要基础设施 - 提供对一个社区或社 : 会的社会和经济运作至关重要的服务的实体结构、设施、网络和其他资产。

National Definitions

Argentina

Líneas vitales/Infraestructuras críticas: Es la infraestructura básica o esencial, que brinda servicios esenciales para el mantenimiento de las funciones sociales básicas de salud, seguridad, economía y el eficaz funcionamiento del Estado.

Australia

Critical infrastructure is defined as​ those physical facilities, supply chains, information technologies and communication networks, which if destroyed, degraded or rendered unavailable for an extended period, would significantly impact the social or economic wellbeing of the nation, or affect Australia’s ability to conduct national defence and ensure national security.​

Critical infrastructures are those physical facilities, supply chains, information technologies and communication networks which, if destroyed, degraded or rendered unavailable for an extended period, would significantly impact on the social or economic wellbeing of the nation or affect Australia’s ability to conduct national defence and ensure national security.

In this context, significant means an event or incident that puts at risk public safety and confidence, threatens our economic security, harms Australia’s international competitiveness, or impedes the continuity of government and its services.

Queensland

Critical infrastructure: Infrastructure which, if destroyed, degraded or rendered unavailable for an extended period, will impact on social or economic well-being or affect national security or defence.

Austria

„Kritische Infrastrukturen“ Objekte, Anlagen, Ausrüstung, Netze oder Systeme oder Teile eines Objekts, einer Anlage, Ausrüstung, eines Netzes oder eines Systems, die für die Erbringung eines wesentlichen Dienstes erforderlich sind.

Kritische Infrastrukturen sind jene Infrastrukturen oder Teile davon, die eine wesentliche Bedeutung für die Aufrechterhaltung wichtiger gesellschaftlicher Funktionen haben. Ihre Störung oder Zerstörung hat schwerwiegende Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheit, Sicherheit oder das wirtschaftliche und soziale Wohl der Bevölkerung oder die Funktionsweise von staatlichen Einrichtungen.

Critical infrastructures are those infrastructures or parts thereof which are of crucial importance for ensuring important social functions. Their failure or destruction has severe effects on the health, security or the economic and social wellbeing of the population or the functioning of governmental institutions.

Oftmals wird Kritische Infrastruktur auch mit der Abkürzung des aus dem Englischen entlehnten Substantiv CI (Critical Infrastructure) ausgedrückt. Im internationalen wie nationalen Sprachgebrauch hat sich auch CIP (Critical Infrastructure Protection) um den Schutz kritischer Infrastruktur auszudrücken, durchgesetzt. Konform dazu wird somit auch der Schutz der kritischen Informations Infrastruktur als CIIP (Critical Information Infrastructure Protection) bezeichnet.

Kritische Infrastruktur die in einem Mitgliedstaat gelegene Anlage, ein System oder ein Teil davon, die von wesentlicher Bedeutung für die Aufrechterhaltung wichtiger gesellschaftlicher Funktionen, der Gesundheit, der Sicherheit und des wirtschaftlichen oder sozialen Wohlergehens der Bevölkerung sind und deren Störung oder Zerstörung erhebliche Auswirkungen auf einen Mitgliedstaat hätte, da diese Funktionen nicht aufrechterhalten werden könnten.

Barbados

Critical Infrastructure refers to systems, facilities, technologies, networks, assets and services essential to health, safety and security disruption.

Belgium

“Kritieke infrastructuur”: een voorziening, een faciliteit, apparatuur, een netwerk of een systeem, of een onderdeel van een voorziening, een faciliteit, apparatuur, een netwerk of een systeem, hetgeen noodzakelijk is voor de verlening van een essentiële dienst.

«Infrastructure critique», un bien, une installation, un équipement, un réseau ou un système, ou une partie d’un bien, d’une installation, d’un équipement, d’un réseau ou d’un système, qui est nécessaire à la fourniture d’un service essentiel.

„Kritische Infrastrukturen“ Objekte, Anlagen, Ausrüstung, Netze oder Systeme oder Teile eines Objekts, einer Anlage, Ausrüstung, eines Netzes oder eines Systems, die für die Erbringung eines wesentlichen Dienstes erforderlich sind.

Kritieke infrastructuur is een installatie, systeem of een deel daarvan, van federal belang, dat van essentieel belang is voor het behoud van vitale maatschappelijke functies, de gezondheid, de veiligheid, de beveiliging, de economische welvaart of het maatschappelijk welzijn, en waarvan de verstoring van de werking of de vernietiging een aanzienlijke weerslag zou hebben doordat die functies ontregeld zouden raken.

Infrastructure critique: installation, système ou partie de celuici, d’intérêt fédéral, qui est indispensable au maintien des fonctions vitales de la société, de la santé, de la sûreté, de la sécurité et du bien-être économique ou social des citoyens, et dont l’interruption du fonctionnement ou la destruction aurait une incidence significative du fait de la défaillance de ces fonctions.

A critical infrastructure is an installation, system or part thereof, of federal interest, which is essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions, health, safety, security, economic or societal well-being of people, and which, if disrupted or destroyed, would have a significant impact.

Kritieke infrastructuur: een voorziening, systeem of een deel daarvan op het grondgebied van de lidstaten dat van essentieel belang is voor het behoud van vitale maatschappelijke functies, de gezondheid, de veiligheid, de beveiliging, de economische welvaart of het maatschappelijk welzijn, waarvan de verstoring of vernietiging in een lidstaat aanzienlijke gevolgen zou hebben doordat die functies ontregeld zouden raken.

Infrastructure critique: un point, système ou partie de celuici, situé dans les États membres, qui est indispensable au maintien des fonctions vitales de la société, de la santé, de la sûreté, de la sécurité et du bien-être économique ou social des citoyens, et dont l’arrêt ou la destruction aurait un impact significatif dans un État membre du fait de la défaillance de ces fonctions.

Belize

Critical infrastructure: Includes those sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.

Benin

Infrastructure sensible ou critique : Point, système ou partie de celui-ci, situé sur le territoire de la république du Bénin et qui est indispensable au maintien des fonctions vitales de la société, de la santé, de la sureté, de la sécurité, et du bien-être économique ou social des citoyens, comme les centrales électriques, les réseaux de transport et les réseaux publics, et dont l’arrêt ou la destruction aurait un impact significatif sur la République du Bénin du fait de la défaillance de ces fonctions.

Brazil

Infraestruturas Críticas: instalações, serviços, bens e sistemas que, se forem interrompidos ou destruídos, provocarão sério impacto social, econômico, político, internacional ou à segurança do Estado e da sociedade.
Critical infrastructure are the installations, services or assets that if destroyed, disrupted or incapacitated will have a debilitating impact on security, the national economy, national public health and safety.
Critical Infrastructures are considered as facilities, services, goods and systems that, if disrupted or destroyed, would bring serious economic, political or social impacts or risks to the security of the state and society.

Bulgaria

„критична инфраструктура“ означава актив, съоръжение, оборудване, мрежа или система или част от актив, съоръжение, оборудване, мрежа или система, които са необходими за предоставянето на основна услуга.

Критична инфраструктура е система от съоръжения, услуги и информационни системи, чието спиране, неизправно функциониране или разрушаване би имало сериозно негативно въздействие върху здравето и безопасността на населението, околната среда, националното стопанство или върху ефективното функциониране на държавното управление.
(equals EU definition)

критична инфраструктура означава елемент, система или части от нея, намиращи се в държавите-членки, които са от основно значение за поддържането на жизненоважни обще¬ ствени функции, здравето, безопасността, сигурността, иконо¬ мическото или социалното благосъстояние на населението, и чието нарушаване или унищожаване би имало значителни последици в дадената държава-членка в резултат на невъз¬ можността да се запазят тези функции.

Canada

Critical infrastructure refers to processes, systems, facilities, technologies, networks, assets and services essential to the health, safety, security or economic well-being of Canadians and the effective functioning of government.

Ensemble des processus, des systèmes, des installations, des technologies, des réseaux, des biens et des services nécessaires pour assurer la santé, la sûreté, la sécurité ou le bien-être économique des Canadiens ainsi que le fonctionnement efficace du gouvernement.

Critical infrastructure can be stand-alone or interconnected and interdependent within and across provinces, territories and national borders. Disruptions of critical infrastructure could result in catastrophic loss of life, adverse economic effects, and significant harm to public confidence.

Colombia

Infraestructura crítica: Es el conjunto de computadores, sistemas computacionales, redes de telecomunicaciones, datos e información, cuya destrucción o interferencia puede debilitar o impactar en la seguridad de la economía, salud pública, o la combinación de ellas, en una nación.

Critical Infrastructure is the set of computers, computer systems, telecommunication networks, data and information, the destruction or interference may weaken or impact the safety of the economy, public health, or combination thereof, of a nation (this defines the CII).

Congo

Infrastructure critique : une infrastructure ou un processus public ou privé dont la destruction, l’arrêt, l’exploitation illégitime ou la perturbation pendant une période de temps définie pourrait entraîner soit des pertes de vies humaines, soit des pertes importantes pour l’économie, ou porter un préjudice considérable à la réputation de l'État ou de ses symboles de gouvernance. Dans cette définition, l'infrastructure comprend les réseaux et systèmes et les données physiques ou numériques indispensables pour fournir ce service. Cette expression peut faire référence à un système ou processus dont le fonctionnement est critique au sein de l'organisation.

Costa Rica

Infraestructura crítica: Sistemas y activos informáticos, ya sean físicos o virtuales, tan vitales para la sociedad que la incapacidad o destrucción de los mismos puede tener un impacto debilitante en la seguridad, la economía, la salud o seguridad pública, el medio ambiente o cualquier combinación de estos asuntos.

Infraestructuras críticas: Sistemas y redes de información que en ocasión de fallo podrían tener un impacto serio en la salud, seguridad física y operacional, economía y el bienestar de los ciudadanos, o el efectivo funcionamiento del gobierno y la economía del país.

Croatia

„Kritična infrastruktura” znači imovina, objekt, oprema, mreža ili sustav ili dio imovine, objekta, opreme, mreže ili sustava, koji je potreban za pružanje ključne usluge..

Kritične infrastrukture su sustavi, mreže i objekti od nacionalne važnosti čiji prekid djelovanja ili prekid isporuke roba ili usluga može imati ozbiljne posljedice na nacionalnu sigurnost, zdravlje i živote ljudi, imovinu i okoliš, sigurnost i ekonomsku stabilnost i neprekidno funkcioniranje vlasti.

CI are the systems, networks and objects of national importance whose disruption in operation or interruption in the delivery of the goods can have serious consequences for national security, health and lives of people, property or environment, security and economic stability and continuous functioning of the government.

Kritična infrastruktura znači imovina, sustav ili njihov dio koji se nalazi u državama članicama i neophodan je za održavanje vitalnih društvenih funkcija, zdravlja, sigurnosti, zaštite, gospodarske i socijalne dobrobiti ljudi, čiji bi poremećaj rada ili čije bi uništenje, kao posljedica neuspjelog održavanja tih funkcija, moglo imati znatan učinak u državi članici.

Cuba

Infraestructuras Críticas: Infraestructuras cuyo funcionamiento es indispensable y no permite soluciones alternativas, por lo que su interrupción o destrucción tendría un grave impacto sobre los servicios públicos esenciales o las estructuras gubernamentales.

Cyprus

«υποδομή ζωτικής σημασίας»: περιουσιακό στοιχείο, εγκατάσταση, εξοπλισμός, δίκτυο ή σύστημα ή μέρος ενός περιουσιακού στοιχείου, μιας εγκατάστασης, ενός εξοπλισμού, ενός δικτύου ή ενός συστήματος, το οποίο είναι απαραίτητο για την παροχή βασικής υπηρεσίας.

Ως «υποδομές ζωτικής σημασίας» νοούνται τα περιουσιακά στοιχεία, συστήματα ή μέρη αυτών τα οποία είναι ουσιώδη για τη διατήρηση των λειτουργιών ζωτικής σημασίας της κοινωνίας, της υγείας, της ασφάλειας, της οικονομικής και κοινωνικής ευημερίας των μελών της, και των οποίων η διακοπή λειτουργίας ή η καταστροφή θα είχε σημαντικό αντίκτυπο για τη Χώρα, ως αποτέλεσμα της αδυναμίας διατήρησης των λειτουργιών αυτών.

(equals the EU definition)

Czech Republic

„Kritickou infrastrukturou“ aktivum, zařízení, vybavení, síť nebo systém či část aktiva, zařízení, vybavení, sítě nebo systému, které jsou nezbytné pro poskytování základní služby.

Kritické infrastruktury: Systémy a služby, jejichž nefunkčnost nebo špatná funkčnost by měla závažný dopad na bezpečnost státu, jeho ekonomiku, veřejnou správu a v důsledku na zabezpečení základních životních potřeb obyvatelstva.

Critical Infrastructure: Systems and services whose unfunctionality or wrong functionality would result in a serious impact on state security, its economy, public administration and in the end on provision of the basic daily needs of population.

Kritickou infrastrukturou prostředky, systémy a jejich části nacházející se v členském státě, které jsou zásadní pro zachování nejdůležitějších společenských funkcí, zdraví, bezpečnosti, zabezpečení nebo dobrých hospodářských či sociálních podmínek obyvatel a jejichž narušení nebo zničení by mělo pro členský stát závažný dopad v důsledku selhání těchto funkcí.

Critical infrastructure shall denote the element of critical infrastructure or the system of elements of critical infrastructure, disruption of which would have a significant impact on the State security, on ensuring the basic living needs of the population, on health of people and State economy.

Denmark

»Kritisk infrastruktur«: et aktiv, en facilitet, udstyr, et netværk eller et system, eller en del af et aktiv, en facilitet, udstyr, et netværk eller et system, som er nødvendig(t) for leveringen af en væsentlig tjeneste.

Kritisk infrastruktur: Infrastruktur, herunder systemer, tjenester, processer, netværk og aktiver samt serviceydelser, der er nødvendige for at opretholde eller genoprette samfundsvigtige funktioner.

Critical infrastructure: Infrastructure, including facilities, systems, processes, networks, technologies, assets, and services - necessary to maintain or restore vital societal functions.

Kritisk infrastruktur: aktiver, systemer eller dele deraf, der befinder sig i medlemsstaterne, og som er væsentlige for opretholdelsen af vitale samfundsmæssige funktioner og menneskers sundhed, sikkerhed og økonomiske eller sociale velfærd, og hvis afbrydelse eller ødelæggelse i væsentlig grad vil påvirke en medlemsstat som følge af, at disse funktioner ikke kan opretholdes.

Ecuador

Infraestructura Crítica: “Son las infraestructuras estratégicas, que proporcionan servicios esenciales y cuyo funcionamiento es indispensable y no permite so luciones alternativas, por lo que su perturbación o des trucción tendría un grave impacto sobre los servicios esenciales.

INFRAESTRUCTURAS CRÍTICAS: Conjunto de instalaciones, redes, servicios, equipos físicos y tecnologías, cuya interrupción o destrucción tendría un impacto significativo en la seguridad, salud y bienestar de los ciudadanos, o en el eficaz funcionamiento de las instituciones del Estado y de las Administraciones Públicas.

El Salvador

Infraestructuras críticas: Sistemas y redes de información que soportan servicios esenciales para el desarrollo de la sociedad y que en ocasión de fallo podrían tener un impacto serio en la salud, seguridad física y operacional, así como la economía y el bienestar de los ciudadanos, o el efectivo funcionamiento del gobierno y la economía del país.

Estonia

„Elutähtis taristu“ – vara, vahend, seade, võrk, süsteem või vara, vahendi, seadme, võrgu või süsteemi osa, mis on vajalik elutähtsa teenuse osutamiseks.

Elutähtsad infrastruktuurid – ELi liikmesriikides asuv vara, süsteem või nende osa, mis on hädavajalikud eluliselt tähtsate ühiskondlike toimingute, tervishoiu, turvalisuse, julgeoleku, inimeste majandusliku ja sotsiaalse heaolu toimimiseks ning mille kahjustada saamine või hävimine mõjutaks nimetatud toimingute toimimishäire tulemusena oluliselt liikmesriiki.

Ethiopia

Critical Information Infrastructures mean physical and digital assets, networks, services and information systems that, if an attack is inflicted on these infrastructures, would have a serious impact on public security and national interests of the country.

Critical infrastructure means a computer system, network or data where any of the crimes stipulated under article 3 to 6 of this proclamation, is committed against it, would have a considerable damage on public safety and the national interest.

Critical Infrastructure means an infrastructure that have considerable damage on public safety and the national interest, if attacked.

Finland

’Kriittisellä infrastruktuurilla’ hyödykettä, tilaa, laitteistoa, verkostoa tai järjestelmää tai osaa hyödykkeestä, tilasta, laitteistosta, verkostosta tai järjestelmästä, joka on välttämätön keskeisen palvelun tarjoamiseksi.

Critical infrastructure refers to the structures and functions which are indispensable for the vital functions of society. They comprise physical facilities and structures as well as electronic functions and services.

Kriittinen infrastruktuuri: perusrakenteet, palvelut ja niihin liittyvät toiminnot, jotka ovat välttämättömiä yhteiskunnan elintärkeiden toimintojen ylläpitämiseksi.

Critical infrastructure comprise basic structures and services and related functions which are essential to maintain the vital operations of society. -unofficial translation-

Elintärkeällä infrastruktuurilla sellaisia jäsenvaltioissa sijaitsevia hyödykkeitä ja järjestelmiä tai niiden osia, jotka ovat keskeisiä yhteiskunnan välttämättömien toimintojen, terveydenhuollon, turvallisuuden, turvatoimien sekä väestön taloudellisen ja sosiaalisen hyvinvoinnin ylläpitämiseksi, ja joiden vahingoittumisella tai tuhoutumisella olisi merkittävä vaikutus jäsenvaltioon sen vuoksi, että näitä toimintoja ei kyetä ylläpitämään.

Kriittinen infrastruktuuri (Critical Infrastructure, CI) käsittää ne rakenteet ja toiminnot, jotka ovat välttämättömiä yhteiskunnan jatkuvalle toiminnalle. Kriittiseen infrastruktuuriin kuuluu sekä fyysisiä laitoksia ja rakenteita että sähköisiä toimintoja ja palveluja.

Critical Infrastructure (CI) comprises the structures and functions which are critical for the continuous functioning of society.

Näiden turvaaminen tarkoittaa yksittäisten kriittisten kohtien löytämistä ja turvaamista, kuitenkin koko ajan infrastruktuurikokonaisuuden toimintaa silmällä pitäen (This involves physical facilities and structures as well as electronic functions and services; to guarantee these, specific critical points must be found and secured while at the same time paying close attention to the functioning of the infrastructural entity).

France

«Infrastructure critique», un bien, une installation, un équipement, un réseau ou un système, ou une partie d’un bien, d’une installation, d’un équipement, d’un réseau ou d’un système, qui est nécessaire à la fourniture d’un service essentiel.

Vital infrastructure is any establishment, facility or structure for which the damage, unavailability or destruction as a result of a malicious action, a sabotage or terrorism action could directly or indirectly: if its activity is difficultly substitutable or replaceable, severely burden the war potential or economic potential, the national security or the survivability of the nation, or to seriously affect the population’s health or life.

The French original version is:

Point d’importance vitale (PIV): tout établissement, installation ou ouvrage dont le dommage ou l’indisponibilité ou la destruction par suite d’un acte de malveillance, de sabotage ou de terrorisme risquerait, directement ou indirectement: si son activité est difficilement substituable ou remplaçable, d’obérer gravement le potentiel de guerre ou économique, la sécurité ou la capacité de survie de la nation, ou de mettre gravement en cause la santé ou la vie de la population.

The French government doesn’t use the notion of “criticality” but the notion of “vitality” with the meaning of essential service or infrastructure.

Infrastructure critique: un point, système ou partie de celuici, situé dans les États membres, qui est indispensable au maintien des fonctions vitales de la société, de la santé, de la sûreté, de la sécurité et du bien-être économique ou social des citoyens, et dont l’arrêt ou la destruction aurait un impact significatif dans un État membre du fait de la défaillance de ces fonctions.

Critical infrastructures are institutions, structures or facilities that provide the essential goods and services forming the backbone of French society and its way of life.

Gambia

National Critical infrastructure (NCI): Infrastructure and assets the loss or compromise of which could result in a major detrimental impact on national security, national defence, the functioning of the state or essential economic, safety, public health or other social services.

Germany

„kritische Infrastrukturen“ Objekte, Anlagen, Ausrüstung, Netze oder Systeme oder Teile eines Objekts, einer Anlage, Ausrüstung, eines Netzes oder eines Systems, die für die Erbringung eines wesentlichen Dienstes erforderlich sind.

Critical infrastructures (CI) are organizational and physical structures and facilities of such vital importance to a nation's society and economy that their failure or degradation would result in sustained supply shortages, significant disruptions of public safety and security, or other dramatic consequences.

Kritische Infrastrukturen (KRITIS) sind Organisationen oder Einrichtungen mit wichtiger Bedeutung für das staatliche Gemeinwesen, bei deren Ausfall oder Beeinträchtigung nachhaltig wirkende Versorgungsengpässe, erhebliche Störungen der öffentlichen Sicherheit oder andere dramatische Folgen einträten.

The law about IT-security defines CI as:

Kritische Infrastrukturen (im Sinne dieses Gesetzes) sind Einrichtungen, Anlagen oder Teile davon, die (1) den Sektoren Energie, Informationstechnik und Telekommunikation, Transport und Verkehr, Gesundheit, Wasser, Ernährung sowie Finanz- und Versicherungswesen angehören und (2) von hoher Bedeutung für das Funktionieren des Gemeinwesens sind, weil durch ihren Ausfall oder ihre Beeinträchtigung erhebliche Versorgungsengpässe oder Gefährdungen für die öffentliche Sicherheit eintreten würden.

(unofficial translation) Critical infrastructures (within the meaning of this law) are installations or facilities or parts thereof (1) in the Energy, ICT, Transport, Health, Water, Agriculture and Financial sectors and (2) that are key to the functioning of the society while their failure or degration result in serious service disruption or danger to the public security.

Kritische Infrastruktur die in einem Mitgliedstaat gelegene Anlage, ein System oder ein Teil davon, die von wesentlicher Bedeutung für die Aufrechterhaltung wichtiger gesellschaftlicher Funktionen, der Gesundheit, der Sicherheit und des wirtschaftlichen oder sozialen Wohlergehens der Bevölkerung sind und deren Störung oder Zerstörung erhebliche Auswirkungen auf einen Mitgliedstaat hätte, da diese Funktionen nicht aufrechterhalten werden könnten.

From a climate change adaptation point of view:

Critical infrastructures are organisations and facilities of great importance to the state, the failure or impairment of which would result in serious supply shortages, considerable disruption of public safety, or other dramatic consequences.

Greece

«υποδομή ζωτικής σημασίας»: περιουσιακό στοιχείο, εγκατάσταση, εξοπλισμός, δίκτυο ή σύστημα ή μέρος ενός περιουσιακού στοιχείου, μιας εγκατάστασης, ενός εξοπλισμού, ενός δικτύου ή ενός συστήματος, το οποίο είναι απαραίτητο για την παροχή βασικής υπηρεσίας.

Ως «υποδομές ζωτικής σημασίας» νοούνται τα περιουσιακά στοιχεία, συστήματα ή μέρη αυτών τα οποία είναι ουσιώδη για τη διατήρηση των λειτουργιών ζωτικής σημασίας της κοινωνίας, της υγείας, της ασφάλειας, της οικονομικής και κοινωνικής ευημερίας των μελών της, και των οποίων η διακοπή λειτουργίας ή η καταστροφή θα είχε σημαντικό αντίκτυπο για τη Χώρα, ως αποτέλεσμα της αδυναμίας διατήρησης των λειτουργιών αυτών.

(equals the EU definition)

Guatemala

Infraestructura Crítica: Aquellas instalaciones, bases de datos, redes, servicios y equipos físicos de tecnologías de la información necesarios para el funcionamiento normal de los servicios senciales, cuya interrupción o destrucción debida a causas naturales, técnicas o por ataques deliberados, tendría un impacto mayor en la vida, la salud, la seguridad, el flujo de suministros vitales, el bienestar económico y las garantías de las personas.

Guinée

Infrastructures Critique: les installations physiques et des technologies de l'information et de communications notamment électroniques, les réseaux., les services et les actifs, qui en cas d'arrêt ou de destruction, peuvent avoir de graves incidences sur la santé, la sécurité ou le bien-êtrre social ou économique des citoyens, et/ou le functionnement correct ou continu des services de l'Etat.

Hungary

„Kritikus infrastruktúra”: olyan eszköz, létesítmény, berendezés, hálózat vagy rendszer, vagy valamely eszköz, létesítmény, berendezés, hálózat vagy rendszer része, amely szükséges az alapvető szolgáltatás nyújtásához.

Kritikus infrastruktúra: a tagállamokban található azon eszközök, rendszerek vagy ezek részei, amelyek elengedhetetlenek a létfontosságú társadalmi feladatok ellátásához, az egészségügyhöz, a biztonsághoz, az emberek gazdasági és szociális jólétéhez, valamint amelyek megzavarása vagy megsemmisítése e feladatok folyamatos ellátásának hiánya miatt jelentős következményekkel járna valamely tagállamban.

India

Critical infrastructure comprises those facilities, systems, or functions, whose incapacity or destruction would cause a debilitating impact on national security, governance, economy and social well-being of a nation.

Indonesia

Infrastruktur kritis adalah aset, sistem, maupun jaringan, berbentuk fisik maupun virtual yang sangat vital, dimana gangguan terhadapnya berpotensi mengancam keamanan, kestabilan perekonomian nasional, keselamatan dan kesehatan masyarakat atau gabungan diantaranya.

Ireland

Ciallaíonn “bonneagar criticiúil” sócmhainn, saoráid, trealamh, líonra, nó córas, nó cuid de shócmhainn, saoráid, trealamh, líonra, nó córas, atá riachtanach chun seirbhís fhíor-riachtanach a sholáthar.

Critical infrastructure means an asset, system or part thereof located in Member States which is essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions, health, safety, security, economic or social well-being of people, and the disruption or destruction of which would have a significant impact in a Member State as a result of the failure to maintain those functions.

Israel

Critical infrastructure is anything that would undermine stability in society and thus lead to threats to national security. It is emphasized that infrastructure is a system that combines various objects, links between them, and providing certain types of human activity.

Italy

«Infrastruttura critica»: un elemento, un impianto, un’attrezzatura, una rete o un sistema o una parte di un elemento, di un impianto, di un’attrezzatura, di una rete o di un sistema, necessari per la fornitura di un servizio essenziale.

Infrastruttura critica (IC): infrastruttura, ubicata in uno Stato membro dell'Unione europea, che e' essenziale per il mantenimento delle funzioni vitali della societa', della salute, della sicurezza e del benessere economico e sociale della popolazione ed il cui danneggiamento o la cui distruzione avrebbe un impatto significativo in quello Stato, a causa dell'impossibilita' di mantenere tali funzioni.

Infrastruttura critica un elemento, un sistema o parte di questo ubicato negli Stati membri che è essenziale per il mantenimento delle funzioni vitali della società, della salute, della sicurezza e del benessere economico e sociale dei cittadini ed il cui danneggiamento o la cui distruzione avrebbe un impatto significativo in uno Stato membro a causa dell’impossibilità di mantenere tali funzioni.

Infrastruttura critiche: Sistemi, risorse e reti, e loro insiemi – sia fisici che virtuali – essenziali per lo svolgimento delle funzioni vitali di uno o più Stati.

Infrastruttura critica: Sistema, risorsa, processo, assetto, anche virtuale, la cui distruzione, interruzione o anche parziale o momentanea indisponibilità ha l’effetto di indebolire in maniera significativa l'efficienza e il funzionamento normale di un Paese, ma anche la sicurezza e il sistema economico-finanziario e sociale, compresi gli apparati della Pubblica Amministrazione centrale e locale.

Jamaica

Critical infrastructures include systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so critical that the incapacitation or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.

This may include water and sewage networks, agriculture, health systems, emergency services, information technology and telecommunications, banking and finance, energy (electrical and wind generated), transportation (air, road, port), postal and shipping entities.

Japan

重要インフラ - 他に代替することが著しく困難なサービスを提供する事業が形成する国民生活及び社会経済 活動の基盤であり、その機能が停止、低下又は利用不可能な状態に陥った場合に、我が国の国 民生活又は社会経済活動に多大なる影響を及ぼすおそれが生じるもので、重要インフラ分野 として指定する分野。

Critical infrastructures are the backbone of national life and economic activities formed by businesses providing services that are extremely difficult to be substituted.

If the function of the services is suspended, deteriorates or becomes unavailable, it could have a significant impact on the national life and economic activities.

カテゴリー : 機能をサイバーセキュリティ成果グループ別に細分化したものであ り、計画に基づいたニーズや特定の対策と密接に結びついている。 カテゴリーには、たとえば「資産管理」、「アクセス制御」、「検知プロ セス」がある。

Critical infrastructures are the basis of people’s social lives and economic activities formed by businesses that provide services which are extremely difficult to be substituted by others if its function is suspended, deteriorated or become unavailable, it could have significant impacts on people’s social lives and economic activities.

Kenya

Critical infrastructures describe assets that are essential for the functioning of a society and economy. (e.g., electrical grid, telecommunications, water supply).

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Critical Infrastructure is defined as system and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to KSA that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.

Kosovo

Critical infrastructure: Means infrastructure, including facilities, systems, processes, networks, technologies, assets, and services - necessary to maintain or restore vital societal functions.

Infrastrukturë kritike është prona ose institucioni me rëndësi të madhe për të mirën publike, dështimi apo cenimi i të cilave do të qonte drejt tkurrjeve të qëndrueshme të furnizimit, çrregullimeve të konsiderueshme të sigurisë publike, apo pasoja të tjera dramatike.

Critical infrastructures are assets or institutions with major importance for the public good, whose failure or damage would lead to sustainable supply bottlenecks, considerable disturbance of public security or other dramatic consequences.

Latvia

“Kritiskā infrastruktūra” ir aktīvs, iekārta, aprīkojums, tīkls vai sistēma vai aktīva, iekārtas, aprīkojuma, tīkla vai sistēmas daļa, kas vajadzīga pamatpakalpojuma sniegšanai.

Critical infrastructure is the objects, systems, or their parts in Latvia, which are important in providing the performance of functions essential to society, as well as for ensuring the protection of human health, security, economic or social welfare, whose destruction or malfunctioning may significantly influence the performance of state functions.

The critical infrastructure of information technology is protected in order to ensure the performance of basic functions essential to the state and society.

Kritiskā infrastruktūra ir dalībvalstīs izvietoti objekti, sistēmas vai to daļas, kuras ir būtiskas, lai nodrošinātu svarīgu sabiedrības funkciju darbību, cilvēku veselības aizsardzību, drošumu, drošību, cilvēku ekonomisko vai sociālo labklājību, un kuru darbības traucējumi vai iznīcināšana būtiski ietekmētu attiecīgo dalībvalsti, jo tā nespētu turpmāk nodrošināt šo funkciju īstenošanu.

Lithuania

Ypatingos svarbos infrastruktūra – turtas, patalpos, įranga, tinklas ar sistema arba turto, patalpų, įrangos, tinklo ar sistemos dalis, būtini esminių paslaugų teikimui.

Ypatingos svarbos infrastruktūros objektas – turtas, sistema ar jų dalis, esantys valstybėse narėse, kurie yra ypač svarbūs esminėms visuomeninėms funkcijoms, žmonių sveikatai, saugai, saugumui, ekonominei ar socialinei gerovei palaikyti, ir kurių veikimo sutrikdymas ar sunaikinimas, dėl šių funkcijų nepalaikymo turėtų didelį poveikį valstybei narei.

Critical information infrastructure shall mean an electronic communications network, information system or a group of information systems where an incident that occurs causes or may cause grave damage to national security, national economy or social well-being.

Luxembourg

«Infrastructure critique», un bien, une installation, un équipement, un réseau ou un système, ou une partie d’un bien, d’une installation, d’un équipement, d’un réseau ou d’un système, qui est nécessaire à la fourniture d’un service essentiel.

Infrastructure critique: un point, système ou partie de celui-ci, situé dans les Etats membres de l'Union européenne, qui est indispensable au maintien des fonctions vitales de la société, de la santé, de la sûreté, de la sécurité et du bien-être économique ou social des citoyens, et dont l'arrêt ou la destruction aurait un impact significatif dans un Etat membre du fait de la défaillance de ces fonctions.

Malta

"Infrastruttura kritika" tfisser assi, faċilità, tagħmir, network jew sistema, jew parti minn assi, faċilità, tagħmir, network jew sistema, li huma meħtieġa għall-forniment ta' servizz essenzjali.

Critical infrastructure or CI means an asset, system or part thereof located in Malta which is essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions, health, safety, security, economic or social well-being of people, and the disruption or destruction of which would have a significant impact in a Member State as a result of the failure to maintain those functions (equals the EU definition).

Infrastruttura kritika tfisser assi, sistema jew parti minnhom li jinsabu fl-Istati Membri essenzjali għall-manteniment ta’ funzjonijiet vitali tas-soċjetà, is-saħħa, is-sigurtà, is-sikurezza, il-benessere ekonomiku jew soċjali tal-poplu u li t-tfixkil jew il-qerda tagħhom ikollu impatt sinifikanti fi Stat Membru bħala riżultat tal-falliment biex jinżammu dawk il-funzjonijiet.

Mauritania/Mauritanie

Infrastructure critique: une infrastructure ou un processus public ou privé dont la destruction, l’arrêt, l’exploitation illégitime ou la perturbation pendant une période de temps définie pourrait entraîner soit des pertes de vies humaines, soit des pertes importantes pour l’économie, ou porter un préjudice considérable à la réputation de l'État ou de ses symboles de gouvernance. Dans cette définition, l'infrastructure comprend les réseaux et systèmes et les données physiques ou numériques indispensables pour fournir ce service. Cette expression peut faire référence à un système ou processus dont le fonctionnement est critique au sein de l'organisation.

Mexico

Instalaciones Vitales (Infraestructura Crítica): Las estructuras físicas, instalaciones técnicas y sistemas principales que son social, económica u operativamente esenciales para el funcionamiento de una sociedad o comunidad, tanto en circunstancias habituales como extremas durante una emergencia.

Moldova

Infrastructură critică – dispozitive, reţele, servicii, sisteme de bunuri materiale (energetice, de transport, de comunicaţii şi tehnologie a informaţiei, de furnizare a utilităţilor) de interes strategic şi/sau de utilitate publică, a căror distrugere, aducere în stare de nefuncţionare, degradare ori perturbare ar avea efecte negative majore, la nivel naţional sau regional, asupra stării de sănătate şi siguranţă a cetăţenilor, mediului, funcţionării economiei şi activităţii instituţiilor statului.

{raw translation} Critical Infrastructure - Devices, networks, services, goods, systems (energy, transport, communications and information technology, of provision of utilities) of strategic and / or public utility interest their destruction, downtime, degradation or disturbance would have major national or regional negative effects on health and well-being of citizens' safety, the environment, the functioning of the economy and the work of the state institutions.

Obiectiv al infrastructurii critice – obiectiv de importanţă vitală din domeniul administraţiei publice, tehnologiei informaţiei şi comunicaţiilor electronice şi poştale, de infrastructură, energetică, din sfera social-economică, sănătăţii, cultural-educativă, industrială, ecologică, din sistemul informaţional al ţării în ansamblu, din infrastructura complexului militar şi de apărare al organelor de forţă, de perturbarea sau distrugerea căruia poate provoca un impact negativ pentru siguranța, securitatea, bunăstarea socială și economică a statului, pierderi de servicii esențiale, pericol pentru viața, sănătatea oamenilor şi efecte negative asupra mediului.

объект критической инфраструктуры – критически важный объект сферы публичного управления, информационных технологий и электронной и почтовой связи, инфраструктуры, энергетики, социально-экономической сферы, здравоохранения, культурно-образовательной, экологической сферы, информационной системы страны в целом, инфраструктуры военного комплекса и обороны силовых органов, повреждение или разрушение которого может оказать негативное воздействие на целостность, безопасность, социальное и экономическое благополучие государства, вызвать потери значимых услуг, опасность для жизни и здоровья граждан, а также негативные последствия для окружающей среды

Objective of the critical infrastructure – an objective of vital importance in the field of public administration, information technology and electronic and postal communications, infrastructure, energy, in the socio-economic sphere, health, cultural-educational, industrial, ecological, in the information system of the country as a whole, in the infrastructure of the military and defense complex of the force bodies, the disturbance or destruction of which can cause an impact negative for the safety, security, social and economic well-being of the state, loss of essential services, danger to life, human health and negative effects on the environment.

Montenegro

Istim je definisano da kritična infrastruktura obuhvata sisteme, mreže, objekte, odnosno njihove djelove koji se nalaze na teritoriji Crne Gore, čiji prekid funkcionisanja, odnosno prekid isporuka roba ili usluga preko tih sistema, mreža, objekata, odnosno njihovih djelova može imati ozbiljne posljedice po nacionalnu bezbjednost, zdravlje i život ljudi, imovinu, životnu sredinu, bezbjednost građana, ekonomsku stabilnost, odnosno vršenje djelatnosti od javnog interesa.

Kritična infrastruktura – se odnosi na imovinu, sisteme, usluge ili njihov dio, čijim bi se prekidom rada ili uništenjem, ugrozile ključne društvene funkcije: zdravlje, mir, bezbjednost, ekonomsko i socijalno blagostanje ili normalno funkcionisanje države.

Critical infrastructure relates to property, systems, services, or part thereof, which would be an interruption of service or destruction, threaten key social functions: health, peace, security, economic and social well-being or the normal functioning of the state (equals the EU definition).

Mozambique

Infraestruturas Críticas: instalações, serviços, bens e sistemas que, se forem interrompidos ou destruídos, provocarão sério impacto social, económico, político, internacional ou à segurança do Estado e da sociedade.

Netherlands

“Kritieke infrastructuur”: een voorziening, een faciliteit, apparatuur, een netwerk of een systeem, of een onderdeel van een voorziening, een faciliteit, apparatuur, een netwerk of een systeem, hetgeen noodzakelijk is voor de verlening van een essentiële dienst.

Vitale Infrastructuur zijn producten, diensten en de onderliggende processen die, als zij uitvallen, maatschappelijke ontwrichting kunnen veroorzaken.

Critical infrastructures (Dutch: Vitale Infrastructuur) refers to products, services and the accompanying processes that, in the event of disruption or failure, could cause major social disturbance.

"This could be in the form of tremendous casualties and severe economic damage, or in terms of an extremely lengthy recovery period and a lack of any readily available viable alternatives, while we depend on these products and services. Because the consequences of this critical infrastructure – or parts thereof – could be so dire for large segments of the Dutch population, extra attention must be given to its protection. Accordingly, this protection is designed to prevent disruption and concerns the protection against technical-organisational failings, overloading, and extreme natural phenomena or intentional or unintentional human action."(In Dutch: "Dat kan zijn omdat er sprake is van veel slachtoffers en grote economische schade, dan wel wanneer herstel zeer lang gaat duren en er geen reële alternatieven voorhanden zijn, terwijl deze producten en diensten niet gemist kunnen worden."

Since April 2015, The Netherlands recognises two categories in criticality of critical infrastructure:
Category A: at least impact on one of the following four impact categories:

1. economic impact: > 50.000 million euro costs and damages, or 5.0% decrease in real income
2. physical impact: > 10.000 deaths, severely injured or chronically ill
3. social-psychological impact: > 1 million persons are emotionally affected or experience serious societal survivability problems (fear, anger, disturbance)
4. cascade impact: this disruption causes failure of minimal two other (critical) sectors

Category B: at least impact on one of the following three impact categories:

1. economic impact: > 5.000 million euro costs and damages, or 1.0% decrease in real income
2. physical impact: > 1.000 deaths, severely injured or chronically ill
3. social-psychological impact: > 100.000 persons are emotionally affected or experience serious societal survivability problems
   

Kritieke infrastructuur: een voorziening, systeem of een deel daarvan op het grondgebied van de lidstaten dat van essentieel belang is voor het behoud van vitale maatschappelijke functies, de gezondheid, de veiligheid, de beveiliging, de economische welvaart of het maatschappelijk welzijn, waarvan de verstoring of vernietiging in een lidstaat aanzienlijke gevolgen zou hebben doordat die functies ontregeld zouden raken.

Noot: In Nederland wordt de term Vitale Infrastructuur gebruikt.

General Security and Intelligence Service (AIVD)

Sectoren en delen van de infrastructuur die zo vitaal (van wezenlijk belang) zijn voor de Nederlandse samenleving dat uitval of ernstige verstoring ervan grote maatschappelijke schade tot gevolg kan hebben.

New Zealand/AOTEAROA

Critical infrastructure/critical national infrastructure: Physical and digital assets, services, and supply chains, the disruption (loss, compromise) of which would severely impact the maintenance of national security, public safety, fundamental rights, and well-being of all New Zealanders.

National Critical infrastructure is a term used by governments to describe assets that are essential for the functioning of a society and economy.

For instance, electricity generation, gas production, telecommunications, water supply etc.

Nicaragua

Infraestructura crítica: El elemento, sistema o parte de este, situado en el país que es esencial para el mantenimiento de funciones sociales vitales, la salud, la integridad física, la seguridad, y el bienestar social y económico de la población y cuya perturbación o destrucción afectaría gravemente al país.

Norway

Kritisk infrastruktur er de anlegg og systemer som er helt nødvendige for å opprettholde samfunnets kritiske funksjoner som igjen dekker samfunnets grunnleggende behov og befolkningens trygghetsfølelse (NOU 6:2006, s. 31).

Critical infrastructure is the construction and systems essential to maintain society's critical features which covers society's basic needs and population's sense of security.

Society’s functional ability is highly dependent on a number of physical and technical infrastructures. In the event of a failure in these infrastructures, society will be unable to maintain the supply of goods and services on which the population depends (cf. critical societal functions). These infrastructures can be described as critical to society.

Pakistan

Critical Infrastructure includes the infrastructures so designated by any Government in Pakistan and such other assets, systems and networks, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the State or its organs including judicature that their incapacitation or destruction may have a debilitating effect on national security, economy, public health, safety or matters related thereto.

Papua New Guinea

Critical infrastructure: These are system and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the Papua New Guinea. that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters. It includes those sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.

Critical Infrastructure refers to the basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community, society or government, including but not limited to transportation, communication systems, water supply, electricity supply, banking services, public institutions including health services, post offices and education services.

Paraguay

Infraestructura Crítica: las infraestructuras críticas consisten en sistemas y activos, físico o virtuales, esenciales para el mantenimiento de funciones sociales vitales, la salud, la integridad física, la seguridad, y el bienestar social y económico de la población, y cuya perturbación o destrucción tendría un impacto debilitante en la seguridad nacional, afectando gravemente al país.

Philippines

Kritikal na imprastraktura ay tumutukoy sa mga computer system, at/o network, pisikal man o virtual, at/o mga programa sa computer, computer data at/o data ng trapiko na mahalaga sa bansang ito na ang pagkabaldado o pagkasira o panghihimasok sa mga ganuong sistema at mga asset ay magpapahina sa seguridad, pambansa o pang-ekonomiyang seguridad, pambansa’t pampublikong kalusugan at kaligtasan, o anumang kumbinasyon ng mga iyon.

Critical infrastructure refers to the computer systems, and/or networks, whether physical or virtual, and/or the computer programs, computer data and/or traffic data so vital to this country that the incapacity or destruction of or interference with such system and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national or economic security, national public health and safety, or any combination of those matters.

Critical infrastructure are the assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the state that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.

[actually defines Critical information infrastructure] Critical infrastructure refers to an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or data processing or communications device, or groupings of such devices, capable of performing logical, arithmetic, routing, or storage functions and which includes any storage facility or equipment or communications facility directly related to or operating in conjunction with such device.

It covers any type of computer device including devices with data processing capabilities like mobile phones, smart phones, computer networks and other devices connected to the internet.

Poland

„Infrastruktura krytyczna” oznacza składnik, obiekt, sprzęt, sieć lub system lub część składnika, obiektu, sprzętu, sieci lub systemu, niezbędne do świadczenia usługi kluczowej.

A critical infrastructure shall be understood as systems and mutually bound functional objects contained therein, including constructions, facilities, installations and services of key importance for the security of the state and its citizens, as well as serving to ensure efficient functioning of public administration authorities, institutions and enterprises.

Infrastruktura krytyczna to systemy oraz wchodzące w ich skład powiązane ze sobą funkcjonalnie obiekty, w tym obiekty budowlane, urządzenia, instalacje, usługi kluczowe dla bezpieczeństwa państwa i jego obywateli oraz służące zapewnieniu sprawnego funkcjonowania administracji publicznej, a także instytucji i przedsiębiorców.

Infrastruktura krytyczna oznacza składnik, system lub część infrastruktury zlokalizowane na terytorium państw członkowskich, które mają podstawowe znaczenie dla utrzymania niezbędnych funkcji społecznych, zdrowia, bezpieczeństwa, ochrony, dobrobytu materialnego lub społecznego ludności oraz których zakłócenie lub zniszczenie miałoby istotny wpływ na dane państwo członkowskie w wyniku utracenia tych funkcji.

Portugal

«Infraestrutura crítica», um ativo, uma instalação, um equipamento, uma rede ou um sistema, no seu todo ou uma parte de um ativo, uma instalação, um equipamento, uma rede ou um sistema, que seja necessário para a prestação de um serviço essencial.

Infra-estrutura crítica: a componente, sistema ou parte deste situado em território nacional que é essencial para a manutenção de funções vitais para a sociedade, a saúde, a segurança e o bem -estar económico ou social, e cuja perturbação ou destruição teria um impacto significativo, dada a impossibilidade de continuar a assegurar essas funções.

Infra-estrutura crítica, o elemento, sistema ou parte deste situado nos Estados-Membros que é essencial para a manutenção de funções vitais para a sociedade, a saúde, a segurança e o bem-estar económico ou social, e cuja perturbação ou destruição teria um impacto significativo num Estado- -Membro, dada a impossibilidade de continuar a assegurar essas funções.

Qatar

Physical assets, systems or installations, which if disrupted, compromised, or destroyed, would have a serious impact on the health, safety, security, or economic well-being of Qatar or the effective functioning of the Qatari government.

Republic of Trinidad & Tobago

Critical infrastructure means computer systems, devices, networks, computer programs, computer data, so vital to the country that the incapacity or destruction of or interference with such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, defence or international relations of the State; or provision of services directly related to national or economic security, banking and financial services, communications infrastructure, national public health and safety, public transportation, public key infrastructure or any combination of those matters.

Note: this actually is a definition of CII.

Romania

„Infrastructură critică” înseamnă un activ, o instalație, un echipament, o rețea ori un sistem, sau o componentă a unui activ, instalații, echipament, rețea ori sistem, care este necesar(ă) pentru furnizarea unui serviciu esențial.

Infrastructură critică înseamnă un element, un sistem sau o componentă a acestuia, aflat pe teritoriul statelor membre, care este esențial pentru menținerea funcțiilor societale vitale, a sănătății, siguranței, securității, bunăstării sociale sau economice a persoanelor, șiacăror perturbare sau distrugere ar avea un impact semnificativ într-un stat membru ca urmare a incapacității de a menține respectivele funcții.

Russian Federation

критически важный объект инфраструктуры Российской Федерации (далее - критически важный объект) - объект, нарушение (или прекращение) функционирования которого приводит к потере управления, разрушению инфраструктуры, необратимому негативному изменению (или разрушению) экономики страны, субъекта Российской Федерации либо административно- территориальной единицы или существенному ухудшению безопасности жизнедеятельности населения, проживающего на этих территориях, на длительный срок.

Critical infrastructure of the Russian Federation is an object the violation (or termination) of operation thereof leads to a loss of control, destruction of infrastructure, irreversible negative changes (or failure) of the economy, a subject of the Russian Federation or administrative-territorial units or a significant deterioration in health and safety of people living in these areas, for the long term.

Critical Information Infrastructure: is a combination of automated systems of critical facilities control and information telecommunication networks providing for the interaction thereof, designed for the performing of the tasks related to governmental administration, ensuring the defensive capability, security, law and order, the irregularity in the functioning (or malfunction) of which may be the cause of grave consequences.

Slovakia

„Kritická infraštruktúra“ je aktívum, zariadenie, vybavenie, sieť alebo systém, alebo časť aktíva, zariadenia, vybavenia, siete alebo systému, ktoré sú potrebné na poskytovanie základnej služby.

Kritická infraštruktúra definovaná ako tá časť národnej infraštruktúry (vybrané organizácie a inštitúcie, objekty, sústavy, zariadenia, služby a systémy), ktorej zničenie alebo znefunkčnenie v dôsledku pôsobenia rizikového faktora spôsobí ohrozenie alebo narušenie politického a hospodárskeho chodu štátu alebo ohrozenie života a zdravia obyvateľstva.

Kritická infraštruktúra je zložka, systém alebo ich časť nachádzajúca sa v členských štátoch, ktorá je nevyhnutná pre zachovanie základných funkcií spoločnosti, zdravia, ochrany, bezpečnosti, kvality života obyvateľov z ekonomického a sociálneho hľadiska, a ktorej narušenie alebo zničenie by malo závažné dôsledky v členskom štáte z dôvodu nemožnosti zachovať tieto funkcie.

Kritická infraštruktúra: Najmä objekty osobitnej dôležitosti, ďalšie dôležité objekty, vybrané informačné a komunikačné prostriedky, zariadenia na výrobu a zásobovanie vodou, elektrickou energiou, ropou a zemným plynom a ďalšie časti majetku štátu a podnikateľských právnických a fyzických osôb určené vládou SR alebo iným kompetentným orgánom štátnej správy, ktoré sú nevyhnutné na zvládnutie krízových situácií, ochranu obyvateľstva a majetku, na zaistenie minimálneho chodu ekonomiky a správy štátu, ako aj jeho vonkajšej a vnútornej bezpečnosti a ktoré treba špeciálne ochraňovať. Sú to zariadenia, služby a informačné systémy životne dôležité pre obyvateľov a riadenie štátu, ktorých nefunkčnosť alebo zničenie môže ohroziť bezpečnostné záujmy štátu.

Slovenia

„Kritična infrastruktura“ pomeni sredstvo, objekt, opremo, omrežje ali sistem ali njihov del, ki je nujen za opravljanje bistvene storitve.

Kritična infrastruktura državnega pomena v Republiki Sloveniji obsega tiste zmogljivosti in storitve, ki so ključnega pomena za državo in bi prekinitev njihovega delovanja ali njihovo uničenje pomembno vplivalo in imelo resne posledice na nacionalno varnost, gospodarstvo, ključne družbene funkcije, zdravje, varnost in zaščito ter družbeno blaginjo.
(equals the EU definition)

Kritična infrastruktura pomeni infrastrukturno zmogljivost, sistem ali njun del, ki se nahaja v državah članicah in je bistven za vzdrževanje ključnih družbenih funkcij, zdravja, varnosti, zaščite, gospodarske in družbene blaginje ljudi ter katerih okvara ali uničenje bi imelo v državi članici resne posledice zaradi nezmožnosti vzdrževanja teh funkcij.

South Africa

‘‘iziseko ezibalulekileyo ezingundoqo’’ zizo naziphi na iziseko ezibhengezwe njengezibalulekileyo ngokwesiqendu 20(1) kwaye ziquka udederhu lweziseko ezibalulekileyo ezingundoqo apho okubhaliweyo kubonisa oko;
‘‘udederhu lweziseko ezibalulekileyo ezingundoqo’’ ziziseko ezibalulekileyo ezingundoqo eziliqela zidityanisiwe ngezizathu ezivakalayo, ngokwesiqendu 20(1)(c);

‘‘critical infrastructure’’ means any infrastructure which is declared as such in terms of section 20(1) and includes a critical infrastructure complex where required by the context.

‘‘critical infrastructure complex’’ means more than one critical infrastructure grouped together for practical or administrative reasons, which is determined as such in terms of section 20(1)(c).

"critical infrastructure" means any infrastructure or infrastructure complex which is declared as such in terms of section 20(4).

Spain

«Infraestructura crítica»: un elemento, instalación, equipo, red o sistema, o parte de un elemento, instalación, equipo, red o sistema, que es necesario para la prestación de un servicio esencial.

Critical infrastructures are strategic infrastructures (that is, those that supply essential services) the functioning of which is necessary and does not allow alternative solutions, reason why their disruption or destruction would have serious impact on essential services.

Infraestructura crítica, el elemento, sistema o parte de este situado en los Estados miembros que es esencial para el mantenimiento de funciones sociales vitales, la salud, la integridad física, la seguridad, y el bienestar social y económico de la población y cuya perturbación o destrucción afectaría gravemente a un Estado miembro al no poder mantener esas funciones.

Infraestructuras críticas: las infraestructuras estratégicas cuyo funcionamiento es indispensable y no permite soluciones alternativas, por lo que su perturbación o destrucción tendría un grave impacto sobre los servicios esenciales.

CIs are strategic infrastructures (facilities, networks, systems and physical and IT equipment on which operation of the essential services rests, whose operation is indispensable) and where alternative solutions are not possible so that their disruption or destruction would seriously impact essential services.

Infraestructuras críticas (IC): Las infraestructuras estratégicas cuyo funcionamiento es indispensable y no permite soluciones alternativas, por lo que su interrupción o destrucción tendría un grave impacto sobre los servicios públicos esenciales.

Sweden

Kritisk infrastruktur: en tillgång, en anläggning, utrustning, ett nätverk eller ett system, eller en del av en tillgång, en anläggning, utrustning, ett nätverk eller ett system, som krävs för tillhandahållandet av en samhällsviktig tjänst..

Samhällsviktig verksamhet (essential services): Med samhällsviktig verksamhet avses en verksamhet som uppfyller minst ett av följande villkor: (1) Ett bortfall av, eller en svår störning i verksamheten som ensamt eller tillsammans med motsvarande händelser i andra verksamheter på kort tid kan leda till att en allvarlig kris inträffar i samhället (2) Verksamheten är nödvändig eller mycket väsentlig för att en redan inträffad kris i samhället ska kunna hanteras så att skadeverkningarna blir så små som möjligt.
(this equals the EU definition)

Kritisk infrastruktur: anläggningar, system eller delar av dessa belägna i medlemsstaterna som är nödvändiga för att upprätthålla centrala samhällsfunktioner, hälsa, säkerhet, trygghet och människors ekonomiska eller sociala välfärd och där driftsstörning eller förstörelse av dessa skulle få betydande konsekvenser i en medlemsstat till följd av att man inte lyckas upprätthålla dessa funktioner.

Switzerland

Critical infrastructures: Processes, systems and facilities that are essential for the functioning of the economy and the welfare of the population.

Kritische Infrastrukturen: Prozesse, Systeme und Einrichtungen, die essenziell für das Funktionieren der Wirtschaft bzw. das Wohlergehen der Bevölkerung sind.

Infrastructures critiques: Processus, systèmes et installations nécessaires au fonctionnement de l’économie et au bien-être de la population.

Infrastrutture critiche: Processi, sistemi e dispositivi essenziali per il funzionamento dell’economia e il benessere della popolazione.

Critical infrastructure refers to infrastructure whose disruption, failure or destruction would have serious implications for society, the private sector and the state.

Kritische Infrastrukturen sind Infrastrukturen, deren Störung, Ausfall oder Zerstörung gravierende Auswirkungen auf das Funktionieren der Gesellschaft, der Wirtschaft und des Staates haben.

Infrastructures critiques (IC): Il s’agit d’infrastructures dont le dérangement, la défaillance ou la destruction peut avoir des conséquences graves pour la société, l’économie et les pouvoirs publics.

Le infrastrutture critiche sono quelle il cui mancato funzionamento a causa di perturbazioni, guasti o distruzione hanno gravi ripercussioni sulla società, sull’economia e sullo Stato.

Tunisia

Infrastructures numériques critiques (INC): Les systèmes d’information qui détiennent des biens et des services sensibles à l’échelle nationale et qui ont un impact sur la sécurité de la sûreté nationale dans le cas où ceux-ci seraient bloqués ou enfreints.

Türkiye

Kritik altyapılar: İşlediği bilgi/verinin gizliliği, bütünlüğü veya erişilebilirliği bozulduğunda, (a) Can kaybına, (b) Büyük ölçekli ekonomik zarara, (c) Ulusal güvenlik açıklarına veya kamu düzeninin bozulmasına yol açabilecek bilişim sistemlerini barındıran altyapıları.

Critical infrastructures: Infrastructures that contain information systems, which may cause (a) Loss of life, (b) Large scale economic loss, and (c) National security vulnerabilities or disturbance of public order, when the confidentiality,integrity or availability of the data they contain is compromised.

(definitions point more to CII than CI)

Kritik altyapılar: İşlediği bilgi/verinin gizliliği, bütünlüğü veya erişilebilirliği bozulduğunda: (a) Can kaybına, (b) Büyük ölçekli ekonomik zarara, (c) Ulusal güvenlik açıklarına veya kamu düzeninin bozulmasına yol açabilecek bilişim sistemlerini barındıran altyapıları.

(definition points more to CII than CI)

Uganda

Uganda uses the aformentioned ITU-T definition.

Ukraine

критично важливі об’єкти інфраструктури (далі - об’єкти критичної інфраструктури) - підприємства, установи та організації незалежно від форми власності, діяльність яких безпосередньо пов’язана з технологічними процесами та/або наданням послуг, що мають велике значення для економіки та промисловості, функціонування суспільства та безпеки населення, виведення з ладу або порушення функціонування яких може справити негативний вплив на стан національної безпеки і оборони України, навколишнього природного середовища, заподіяти майнову шкоду та/або становити загрозу для життя і здоров’я людей.

{machine translation} critical infrastructure objects - enterprises, institutions and organizations irrespective of the form of ownership, whose activities are directly related to the technological processes and / or the provision of services of great importance to the economy and industry, functioning of the society and the safety of the population, the failure or malfunctioning of which may have a negative impact on the state of national security and defense of Ukraine, the environment, to cause a property shock do and / or pose a threat to life and health.

United Kingdom (UK)

The United Kingdom (UK) defines national infrastructure as:

those facilities, systems, sites and networks necessary for the functioning of the country and the delivery of the essential services upon which daily life in the UK depends.

In the approach of the UK, infrastructure is categorised according to its value or “criticality” and the impact of its loss. This categorisation is done using the Government “Criticality Scale”, which assigns categories for different degrees of severity of impact.

Not everything within a national infrastructure sector is “critical”. Within the sectors there are certain “critical” elements of infrastructure, the loss or compromise of which would have a major detrimental impact on the availability or integrity of essential services, leading to severe economic or social consequences or to loss of life. These “critical” assets make up the nation's critical national infrastructure (CNI) and are referred to individually as “infrastructure assets”. Infrastructure assets may be physical (e.g. sites, installations, pieces of equipment) or logical (e.g. information networks, systems).

Critical infrastructure means an asset, system or part thereof located in Member States which is essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions, health, safety, security, economic or social well-being of people, and the disruption or destruction of which would have a significant impact in a Member State as a result of the failure to maintain those functions.

Critical Infrastructure (CI): A term used to describe Critical National Infrastructure and other infrastructure of national significance as well as infrastructure and assets of local significance.

Critical Infrastructure: Critical infrastructure is therefore a broad term used to describe Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and other infrastructure of national significance, as well as infrastructure and assets of local significance.

United States

White House

Critical Infrastructure comprises the physical and virtual assets and systems so vital to the Nation that their incapacity and destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, or national public health or safety.

Patriot Act

Systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.

DoD

Critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) — The infrastructure and assets vital to a nation’s security, governance, public health and safety, economy, and public confidence (source: JP 3-27).

Defense critical infrastructure (DCI): Department of Defense and non-Department of Defense networked assets and facilities essential to project, support, and sustain military forces and operations worldwide. (JP 3-27).

NIST

CI: System and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.

CI: Essential services and related assets that underpin American society and serve as the backbone of the nation's economy, security, and health.

Virgin Islands

Critical infrastructure is comprised of those assets essential for the functioning of a society and economy.

Standard Definition

ISO/IEC TR 27019:2013

Organizations and facilities that are essential for the functioning of society and the economy as a whole.

The standard notes that a failure or malfunction of such organizations and facilities would result in sustained supply shortfalls, make a significant impact on public security and have other wide ranging impacts.

IETF

Critical Information Infrastructure: Those systems that are so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating effect on national security, the economy, or public health and safety.

Other Definitions

International Risk Governance Council (IRCG)

Critical infrastructures are the systems and facilities by which essential services are supplied.

The standard notes that a failure or malfunction of such organizations and facilities would result in sustained supply shortfalls, make a significant impact on public security and have other wide ranging impacts.

NATO's CCD-CoE

Critical Infrastructure is defined as physical or virtual systems and assets under the jurisdiction of a State that are so vital that their incapacitation or destruction may debilitate a State’s security, economy, public health  or safety, or the environment.

Ontario (Canada)

Critical Infrastructure (CI): interdependent, interactive, interconnected networks of institutions, services, systems and processes that meet vital human needs, sustain the economy, protect public safety and security, and maintain continuity of and confidence in government.

Infrastructure essentielle: réseaux interdépendants, interactifs et interconnectés d’institutions, de services, de systèmes et de processus qui répondent aux besoins vitaux des êtres humains, soutiennent l’économie, protègent la sécurité publique, assurent la continuité des services gouvernementaux et maintiennent la confiance du public envers le gouvernement.

Dictionary

Kritieke infrastructuur: Die diensten, producten of onderdelen van de infrastructuur van een land die essentieel zijn. Worden deze onderdelen uitgeschakeld, of vallen ze uit? Dan is de kans op economische en/of maatschappelijke ontwrichting groot.

See also

• European Critical Infrastructure
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Critical Infrastructure Complex
• Critical Infrastructure Sector

History

European Council COM(2006)787

Those assets or parts thereof which are essential for the maintenance of critical societal functions, including the supply chain, health, safety, security, economic or social well-being of people.