All Hazards
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Definitions
European Definitions
The While recognising the threat from terrorism as a priority, the protection of critical infrastructure will be based on an all-hazards approach [1]
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 [2].
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 [3].
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" [4].
See also
Notes
- ↑ Communication from the Commission of 12 December 2006 on a European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection, COM(2006) 786 final – Official Journal C 126 of 7.6.2007.
- ↑ 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- ↑ Unpublished working glossary of UP KRITIS and BSI, 2014
