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Definitions
Other International Definitions
NATO CEP / EAPC
Infrastructure is defined as: The framework of interdependent networks and systems comprising identifiable industries, institutions (including people and procedures), and distribution capabilities that provide a reliable flow of products and services, the smooth functioning of governments at all levels, and society as a whole. [1].
National Definitions
France
(Unofficial translation) Set of objects, devices and buildings installed for a specific use.
The French original version is:
Installation : ensemble des objets, des dispositifs et des bâtiments installés en vue d’un usage déterminé.[2]
Germany
Infrastructure refers to all public and private facilities which are considered to be necessary for adequate public services and economic development. In most cases, the infrastructure is divided into technical infrastructure (e.g. transport and communications facilities, energy and water supply or wastewater disposal) and social infrastructure (e.g. schools, hospitals, shopping or cultural facilities) [3].
Or in German:
Infrastruktur bezeichnet alle staatlichen und privaten Einrichtungen, die für eine ausreichende Daseinsvorsorge und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung als erforderlich gelten. Die Infrastruktur wird meist unterteilt in technische Infrastruktur (z. B. Einrichtungen der Verkehrsund Nachrichtenübermittlung, der Energie-und Wasserversorgung oder der Entsorgung) und soziale Infrastruktur (z. B. Schulen, Krankenhäuser, Einkaufsstätten oder kulturelle Einrichtungen).[4].
USA
The framework of interdependent networks and systems comprising identifiable industries, institutions (including people and procedures), and distribution capabilities that provide a reliable flow of products and services essential to the defense and economic security of the United States, the smooth functioning of government at all levels, and society as a whole; consistent with the definition in the Homeland Security Act, infrastructure includes physical, cyber, and/or human elements [5].
See also
Notes
- ↑ [NATO EAPC(SCEPC) lexicon.]
- ↑ INSTRUCTION GENERALE INTERMINISTERIELLE RELATIVE A LA SECURITE DES ACTIVITES D’IMPORTANCE VITALE N°6600/SGDSN/PSE/PSN du 7 janvier 2014, PREMIER MINISTRE, SECRETARIAT GENERAL DE LA DEFENSE ET DE LA SECURITE NATIONALE, Direction Protection et Sécurité de l’Etat N° NOR: PRMD1400503J
- ↑ Unpublished working glossary of UP KRITIS and BSI, 2014
- ↑ http://www.kritis.bund.de/SubSites/Kritis/DE/Servicefunktionen/Glossar/Functions/glossar.html Protection of Critical Infrastructures, BMI.
- ↑ DHS Risk Lexicon 2010 Edition, September 2010