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.

Definitions

European Definitions

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.

Other International Definitions

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.

UNISDR

UNISDR 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.

National Definitions

Australia

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.

Austria

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 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.

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 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).

Costa Rica

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

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

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

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, bezpeč¬ nosti, 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.

Denmark

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.

Estonia

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 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

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

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.

Germany

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 eintreten würden.

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

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)

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: 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.

Ireland

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 (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

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

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

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 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 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

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.

Montenegro

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).

Netherlands

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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 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 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 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

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

Spain

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.

Sweden

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 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.

Turkey

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.

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

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).

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.

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.

See also

• European Critical Infrastructure
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• 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.