Strategies for Protecting National Critical Infrastructure Assets: A Focus on Problem-Solving

1. Introduction.

2. Environments That Influence the Security Assessment: Threat, Western Values, and the National Critical Infrastructure Sectors.

PART II: UNDERSTANDING SECURITY ASSESSMENTS.

3. The Security Assessment: What, Why, And When.

4. A Proven Security Assessment Methodology.

5. Task 1--Project Strategic Planning: Understanding Service Requirements.

6. Task 2--Critical Assessment: Understanding the Service Environment.

7. Task 3--Identify And Characterize Threats to the Service Environment.

8. Task 4--Evaluate Program Effectiveness.

9. Task 5--Program Analyses.

10. Reporting Security Assessment Results.

PART III: TAILORING THE S³E SECURITY METHODOLOGY TO SPECIFIC CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS.

11. The Water Sector.

12. The Energy Sector.

13. The Transportation Sector.

14. The Chemical and Hazardous-Materials Sector.

15. The Agriculture and Food Sector.

16. The Banking and Finance Sector.

17. The Telecomunications Sector.

General Glossary.

Index.