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A threat or an incident, natural or manmade, that warrants action to protect life, property, the environment, and public health or safety, and to minimize disruptions of government, social, or economic activities.It includes natural disasters, cyber incidents, industrial accidents, pandemics, acts of terrorism, sabotage, and destructive criminal activity targeting critical infrastructure <ref> [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/presidential-policy-directive-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resil Presidential Policy Directive -- Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, PPD-21, 2013]</ref>. | A threat or an incident, natural or manmade, that warrants action to protect life, property, the environment, and public health or safety, and to minimize disruptions of government, social, or economic activities.It includes natural disasters, cyber incidents, industrial accidents, pandemics, acts of terrorism, sabotage, and destructive criminal activity targeting critical infrastructure <ref> [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/presidential-policy-directive-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resil Presidential Policy Directive -- Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, PPD-21, 2013]</ref>. | ||
A grouping classification encompassing all conditions, environmental or manmade, that have the potential to cause injury, illness, or death; damage to or loss of equipment, infrastructure services, or property; or alternatively causing functional degradation to social, economic, or environmental aspects <ref name="fema"> [http://emilms.fema.gov/IS921/921_Toolkit/index.htm Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Toolkit (Glossary), US Department of Homeland Security]</ref>. | A grouping classification encompassing all conditions, environmental or manmade, that have the potential to cause injury, illness, or death; damage to or loss of equipment, infrastructure services, or property; or alternatively causing functional degradation to social, economic, or environmental aspects <ref name="fema"> [http://emilms.fema.gov/IS921/921_Toolkit/index.htm Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Toolkit (Glossary), US Department of Homeland Security]</ref>. | ||
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| + | All-hazard approach (in Deutsch: ''All-Gefahransatz'') is "taking all (known) [[hazard|hazards]] into consideration equally, for example when performing a [[risk analysis]], and not only individual areas such as terrorism or sabotage" <ref>Unpublished working glossary of UP KRITIS and BSI, 2014 </ref>. | ||
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Revision as of 12:42, 18 May 2014
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Definitions
Official European Definition
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National Definitions
USA
A threat or an incident, natural or manmade, that warrants action to protect life, property, the environment, and public health or safety, and to minimize disruptions of government, social, or economic activities.It includes natural disasters, cyber incidents, industrial accidents, pandemics, acts of terrorism, sabotage, and destructive criminal activity targeting critical infrastructure [1].
A grouping classification encompassing all conditions, environmental or manmade, that have the potential to cause injury, illness, or death; damage to or loss of equipment, infrastructure services, or property; or alternatively causing functional degradation to social, economic, or environmental aspects [2].
Germany
All-hazard approach (in Deutsch: All-Gefahransatz) is "taking all (known) hazards into consideration equally, for example when performing a risk analysis, and not only individual areas such as terrorism or sabotage" [3].
See also
Notes
- ↑ Presidential Policy Directive -- Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, PPD-21, 2013
- ↑ Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Toolkit (Glossary), US Department of Homeland Security
- ↑ Unpublished working glossary of UP KRITIS and BSI, 2014
