Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP)

The socio-political dimensions of critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP)

At present, the topic of critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP) is mainly discussed in the domain of engineers, consultants, and IT security experts. All these communities address important aspects of the problem complex, but hardly ever deal with socio-political ones. This paper addresses the need for a greater role of the social sciences in the field, due to a range of importan...

Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) Policies in Selected Countries: Findings of the CIIP Handbook

The International Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Handbook addresses the subject of critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP), a growingly important topic on the security policy agenda. The CIIP Handbook focuses on aspects of CIIP related to security policy and methodology. The security policy perspective evaluates policy efforts for the protection of critical informa...

Improve of Evaluation Method for Information Security Levels of CIIP (Critical Information Infrastructure Protection)

As the disfunctions of the information society and social development progress, intrusion problems such as malicious replies, spam mail, private information leakage, phishing, and pharming, and side effects such as the spread of unwholesome information and privacy invasion are becoming serious social problems. Illegal access to information is also becoming a problem as the exchange and sharing ...

Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) and Cyber Security in Africa - Has the CIIP and Cyber Security Rubicon Been Crossed?

This paper reviews some very negative views, made over the last few years, about Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) and Cyber Security in Africa. The paper addresses the expressed negative views that Africa can become the vehicle or platform from where cyber-attacks could be launched against the rest of the world. The paper evaluates the reasons for such negative views and th...

An Overview of R&D Activities in Europe on Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP)