Securing Electricity Supply in the Cyber Age - Exploring the Risks of Information and Communication Technology in Tomorrow's Electricity Infrastructure (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)

Margot P. C. Weijnen, Zofia Lukszo and Geert Deconinck Abstract The infrastructures for electric power and information and telecommunication services are critical enablers for all economic activity. Both of these infrastructure systems evolved over time as networks-of-networks in an institutionally fr- mented landscape. In understanding and steering the emergent behaviour of these infrastructure systems both their physical network complexity and their social n- work complexity pose a formidable challenge. On top of the socio-technical c- plexity of the electricity infrastructure and the information and telecommunication infrastructure as such, the two infrastructure systems show unprecedented mutual interdependency. Unravelling this multi-level interdependency and identifying strategies to curb the new risks and vulnerabilities it implies for the reliability of electric power services is the goal of this book. It clearly shows that technical so- tions alone will not suffice to ensure the future reliability and security of electricity infrastructure operations. Keywords Cybersecurity * infrastructure vulnerability * infrastructure depend- cies * power systems 1. 1 Infrastructures Are Critical Infrastructures are the backbone of the economy and society. Especially the network bound infrastructures operated by public utilities and network industries provide essential services that are enabling for almost every economic and social activity. M. P. C. Weijnen (*) and Z. Lukszo Technology Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, P. O. Box 5015, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands e-mail: M. P. C. Weijnen@tudelft. nl; Z. Lukszo@tudelft. nl G. Deconinck K. U.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 15
Release date:	February 2010
First published:	2010
Editors:	Zofia Lukszo • Geert Deconinck • Margot P. C. Weijnen
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	187
Edition:	2010 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-3593-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Energy industries & utilities > Electrical power industries Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Production engineering > Reliability engineering
LSN:	90-481-3593-1
Barcode:	9789048135936

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