Infrastructure
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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
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 [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].
See also
Notes
- ↑ [NATO EAPC(SCEPC) lexicon.]
- ↑ DHS Risk Lexicon 2010 Edition, September 2010
- ↑ Unpublished working glossary of UP KRITIS and BSI, 2014
