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Our Infrastructure Faces New Threats

Physical Threats

  • Terrorist
  • Aging and degradation
  • Natural disaster

Cyber Threats

  • Malicious intrusion
  • Inadvertent error
  • Insider threat

System Complexity

  • Increasing number of
  • interconnections and automation
  • Cascading effects
  • Increasing interdependencies

The U.S. has recognized our vulnerability to these threats and has responded by the formation of the Presidential Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection and signing of the Presidential Decision Directive 63.

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