Critical Infrastructure Sector

Definitions

National Definitions

Germany

In Germany, the following sectors (and industries) are assigned to critical infrastructures :

• Transport and traffic (aviation, maritime shipping, inland waterway transport, rail traffic, road traffic, logistics)
• Energy (electricity, mineral oil, gas)
• Information technology and telecommunication (telecommunication, information technology)
• Finance and insurance sector (banks/financial institutes, insurance companies, financial service providers, stock exchanges)
• State and administration (government and administration, parliament, judicial institutions, emergency and rescue services including disaster control)
• Food (food industry, food trade)
• Water (public water supply, public wastewater disposal)
• Health (medical care, pharmaceuticals and vaccines, laboratories)
• Media and culture (broadcasting (television and radio), printed and electronic press, cultural assets, highly symbolic buildings)