Vulnerability Analysis in Critical Infrastructure Protection
ABSTRACT
This paper describes a novel approach to critical infrastructure vulnerability analysis and risk assessment that applies to sectors that can be represented as networks. The method – called model-based vulnerability analysis (MBVA) - is based on a combination of scale-free network theory and fault-tree/event-tree analysis. MBVA incorporates two new optimal resource allocation equations: one for minimizing fault occurrences, and a second equation for minimizing financial risk. The method has been successfully used to identify vulnerabilities in sectors as diverse as water, energy, telecommunications, and power grids.
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Academic Associate of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
Ted G. Lewis is Professor of Computer Science and Academic Associate of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, California. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Washington State University (1971). He has written the first textbook to establish the study of critical infrastructure protection as a formal, scientific discipline. He has over 100 publications, including over 30 books.
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Journal of Information Warfare
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