Zaštita kritične infrastrukture u kriznim situacijama

Abstract

Debates in international scientific community about the importance and validity of components that make ‘critical infrastructure’, are not new or unknown. Before the phrase ‘critical infrastructure’ has become a subject of interest in many analyses of terrorism and internal security, the term ‘infrastructure’ was a reference point of the creators of politics and security in the 80s. Today is the phrase ‘critical infrastructure’ in many theoretical analyses determined as a group of physical and virtual assets vital to a normal functioning of a country. Critical infrastructure encompasses certain institutions of a public and private sector, distribution channels and ‘networks’ of people and information which guarantee undisturbed and continuous flow of people, goods and services. This is vital for stability of economic, social and security system of a country. Crises in most cases cause damages to infrastructure, and disturb stabile ways and methods of supply of the citizens, economy and other users that directly depend on their functioning. On the other hand, halt in everyday functioning of infrastructure and its capacities, could cause crises and emergency situations. That is why the priority in the world is protection of human lives, at first place, and then necessary protection of critical infrastructure. Efficient function of critical infrastructure in crisesis influenced by an adequate utilization of resources that can help in finding solution for challenges of security, risks and threats.