Special Section: Guiding Principles for Critical Infrastructure

Abstract

This article addresses critical infrastructure. Critical infrastructure includes systems, facilities, and assets so vital that, if destroyed or incapacitated, would disrupt the security, economy, health, safety, or welfare of the public. Critical infrastructure may cross political boundaries and may be built (such as structures and energy, water, transportation, and communication systems), natural (such as surface or groundwater resources), or virtual (such as cyber, electronic data, and information systems).