COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS FOR THE PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES - COMPONENT OF EUROPEAN SECURITY STRATEGY

Abstract

Identifying, analyzing, correlating and evaluating the dynamics of strategic critical infrastructure works closely with time evolution of society, which has generated and has boosted the development of large cities and economical objectives, always searching for new architectural solutions, both for the civilian constructions and for those with defensive character. Unlike security environment, specific previous stages of human development, the contemporary security environment is characterized by a multitude of hazards and risks, challenges, threats and vulnerabilities that have generated a greater impact concerning the vital elements of strategic critical infrastructure system. For this reason, the protection, the safety and the security of strategic critical infrastructure, will represent, also in the future, a priority area for all countries, organizations and international bodies. Creating a collaborative system for the protection of critical infrastructure has become an important concern of all states and a reference chapter of their security strategy. At European level in line with the directive 2008/114/CE of the Board, from december, 8th, 2008, concerning identification and designation of critical infrastructures, the productivity of strategic critical infrastructure protection system involved developing a timeline plan to ensure the functionality, continuity and integrity of critical infrastructures, in order to discourage, decrease and neutralize specific threats, risks and vulnerabilities. At national level, according to the National Strategy for Critical Infrastructure Protection 2011, such targets can be achieved only through collaboration, cooperation and partnership in interdisciplinary system, based on strategies, techniques, tactics and uniform procedures, large-scaleed, which, in turn can facilitate the development of concrete actions and measures of protection, timely and effective. In this article we want to detail the main aspects of the strategic critical infrastructure, in a hybrid security environment pointed by the risks, threats and vulnerabilities that require collaborative systems between protection institutions of critical infrastructure and joint efforts by all the national responsible, in line with European democratic structures, measures and guidelines.