Physical and Cyber Safety in Critical Water Infrastructure

H. Ratnaweera, O.A. Pivovarov, Oleksandr A. Pivovarov

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781643680248
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781643680255
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Cyber Security
• Index: Computer Science

Water supply and water management services are among the most critical infrastructures in society, providing safe and affordable drinking water, managing wastewater to avoid floods and environmental pollution, and enabling the reuse and replenishment of scarce water resources. With water and wastewater facilities and infrastructure intrinsic to our towns and cities, we must not underestimate the potentially catastrophic results of water supply contamination or disruption to the systems that regulate the water we rely on for essential agricultural, environmental, and municipal needs. This book presents 12 papers selected from those delivered at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on Physical and Cyber Safety in Critical Water Infrastructure, held in Oslo, Norway, from 8-11 October 2018. The conference brought together resource persons and decision makers from 12 NATO countries and 6 partner countries to share their experiences with the objective of formulating best practice based on recommendations and conclusions, to increase awareness of the risks that threaten current and future water utilities and services, to learn how to improve surveillance and preparedness, and to deal with a crisis should all else fail. Addressing the urgent need to focus on physical and cyber safety in one of the most critical infrastructures in our society, the book will be of interest to all those working in the field of water supply and waste water management.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Foreword
• Preface
• Contents
• From Reactive to Pro-Active Strategies in Physical Security Protection of Water Systems: Transformations in Canadian Practice
• Global Water Security in the Critical Infrastructure Management: Physical, Cybernetic and Human Aspects
• Hidden Threats in Centralised Water Supply and Modern Methods of Overcoming Them
• Direct-Injection Detectors: A Novel Approach to Flow Analysis for Environmental Monitoring
• Flood Security Strategy - Case Studies from Gdansk Region
• Radioactive Pollution of Water: Lessons Learned from Ukraine
• Overview: Preparedness in the Water Supply and the Sanitation and Sewerage Sectors in Germany and Europe
• Water Critical Infrastructure Preparedness in Emerging Economies
• The Local Solutions for Water Security in Ukraine
• Water Utilities' Risk Assessment
• Applicability of EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (EWS) in the Regional Water Management Planning
• STOP-IT - Strategic, Tactical, Operational Protection of Water Infrastructure Against Cyber-Physical Threats
• Subject Index
• Author Index