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Cyber-security risk assessment framework for critical infrastructures

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Abstract

A critical infrastructure provides essential services to a nation’s population. Interruptions in its smooth operations are highly undesirable because they will cause significant and devastating consequences on all stakeholders in the society. In order to provide sustained protection to a nation’s critical infrastructure, we must continually assess and evaluate the risks thereof. We propose a risk assessment framework that can evaluate the risks posed to the security of a critical infrastructure from threat agents, with a special emphasis on the smart grid communications infrastructure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)121-130
Number of pages10
JournalIntelligent Automation and Soft Computing
Volume25
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2019

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 TSI® Press.

Funding

WE thank the anonymous reviewers for their suggestions and comments which helped us improve the content and presentation of this paper. Sherali Zeadally was partially supported by a University of Kentucky Research Professorship Award as well as an Edith Cowan University Silver Jubilee Visiting Professorship Award during this work.

Funders
University of Kentucky Research Funds
Edith Cowan University

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
      SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

    Keywords

    • Critical Infrastructures
    • Cyber Security
    • Risk Assessment
    • Smart Grid Communications
    • Threats

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Software
    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • Computational Theory and Mathematics
    • Artificial Intelligence

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