Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to compare various types of management models that regulate the response to cyber threats to Critical Infrastructures. The development of an effective management model that regulates the response to cyber-attack against Critical Infrastructure is an important issue in security management. Many frameworks attempt to regulate the response that has to be done to recover and eradicate possible threats, but still, there is not a universal appliable model for all Critical Infrastructures. The paper will offer a comparison of various frameworks in an attempt of evaluating the features that a hypothetical model for response to Cyber Incidents to Critical Infrastructures. The focus is on Critical Energy Infrastructure, as their damage directly means damage to other critical infrastructures, given their extreme interconnectivity. After the analysis of five frameworks of responses to Cyber Incidents, an evaluation will be provided, along with a recommendation.
Highlights
Many new issues are affecting the functioning of the sources of energy, which are fundamental for all Critical Infrastructures
The management strategies that are used as guidelines of response to cyber incidents can be of a different approach: the focus can be on the fool proofing phase before the attack, on the action needed during the extent of the attack or on the assessment and recovery after the incident
The management approach that emerges from this framework takes into consideration the risk-assessment method for the classification of Cyber Incidents and the “Lesson Learned” method, but the damage of a cyber-attack to Critical Energy Infrastructures (CEI) could not be quantifiable only in financial terms, and in terms of loss of human lives and physical disruption
Summary
Many new issues are affecting the functioning of the sources of energy, which are fundamental for all Critical Infrastructures. With the convergence of IT and OT environments and the birth of IIoT, the security of industrial systems of the critical infrastructure was not adequately updated, currently many enterprises are facing cyber risks without any management strategy (Bhayani 2016). The development of a management model tailored for cybersecurity of critical energy infrastructure can be challenging, considering the peculiarity of its nature and structure. The management strategies that are used as guidelines of response to cyber incidents can be of a different approach: the focus can be on the fool proofing phase before the attack, on the action needed during the extent of the attack or on the assessment and recovery after the incident. The framework were chosen due to the number of organization that implemented it, theoretical approaches and date of publication
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