Risk assessment of critical infrastructures – New parameters for commercial ports

David Romero-Faz and Alberto Camarero-Orive

International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, 2017, vol. 18, issue C, 50-57

Abstract: Risk assessment of critical infrastructures is an important topic, but the available methodologies do not enable the proper scoring of the risks to commercial port infrastructures, which is vital to formulating effective and realistic security plans. Developing a comprehensive risk assessment methodology for commercial ports is a long-term project. However, this paper focuses on the first mandatory step of analyzing the different types of risks faced by a commercial port infrastructure. The number of potential risks is large – information technology risks, operational risks, labor risks, etc. Therefore, the emphasis is on the risks associated with threats to people, infrastructure, services and goods, which include terrorism, sabotage, criminal activities involving contraband goods and human trafficking, and labor conflicts.

Keywords: Risk Assessment; Critical Infrastructure; Commercial Ports; Threats; Security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2017.07.001

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