CRIM 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Critical Infrastructure, Nuclear Power, Presidential Directive
4 Apr 2016
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Cold war: a struggle for power waged between the united. States and the soviet union, which lasted from the end of. World war ii until the soviet union ultimately collapsed. This war was defined as being cold because the aggression was ideological, economic, and diplomatic rather than a direct military conflict. Critical infrastructure: critical infrastructure includes any system or asset that, if disabled or disrupted in any significant way, would result in catastrophic loss of life or catastrophic economic loss. Some examples of critical infrastructure include the following: public water systems. Primary roadways, bridges, and highways key data storage and processing facilities, stock exchanges, or major banking centers chemical facilities located in proximity to large population centers major power generation facilities. Cybersecurity: the prevention of damage to, unauthorized use of, or exploitation of, and, if needed, the restoration of electronic information and communications systems and the information contained therein to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
