Critical Infrastructure Operator

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Definitions

European Definitions

Council Directive 2008/114/EC

Owners/operators of ECIs means those entities responsible for investments in, and/or day-to-day operation of, a particular asset, system or part thereof designated as an ECI under the ECI Directive [1].


National Definitions

USA

The US refers to both owners and operators as those entities responsible for day-to-day operation and investment of a particular critical infrastructure entity (adapted from the 2009 NIPP [2]).

Germany

The operators of critical infrastructures are (private-sector or public-sector) organisations from critical infrastructure industries, that operate facilities required for the functioning of the vital services [3].


See also

Notes

  1. Council Directive 2008/114/EC of 8 December 2008 on the identification and designation of European critical infrastructures and the assessment of the need to improve their protection.
  2. [http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/NIPP_Plan.pdf National Infrastructure Protection Plan, Partnering to enhance protection and resiliency, US Department of Homeland Security, 2009]
  3. Unpublished working glossary of UP KRITIS and BSI, 2014